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ENIGMA 2000 NEWSLETTER

http://enigma2000group.org

ISSUE 93

March 2016

http://www.enigma2000.org.uk

© All items within this newsletter remain the property of ENIGMA 2000 and are copyright.

See last page also.

Control room at an undisclosed location outside of Pullach:

Martin Schlüter allowed to photograph the spaces of the BND.

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/bnd-martin-schlueter-zeigt-bilder-vom-geheimdienst-aus-pullach-a-979925.html

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/bnd-bildband-ueber-zentrale-des-geheimdienstes-in-pullach-fotostrecke-116732.html

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Active Station List/ECL Archive.

You will all be aware of the Active Station List v1.2 of February. This has taken Brian and I some longtime to produce and thanks must go to all who have

imparted their wisdom either during its compilation and review prior to and after its dissemination.

The change from the ENIGMA Control List was thought necessary with the number of past stations now greatly outnumbering the active stations. Placing those

active stations initially will assist the newcomer and those who are active monitors.

The issue has already been previewed [hence v1.2] to remove the odd typo, repetition or incorrect designation. For those with an interest we will wait two years

before transferring an apparently ‘non-active’ station to the ‘discontinued’ listing.

The list will be regularly updated and circulated to ensure accuracy. Logging and Abbreviation s Explained and Number Systems have been transferred from the

Chart Section to the ASL too.

Thanks to Ary of N&O we also include the N&O and Priyom Designations, of obvious interest to those who listen beyond number stations.

Thanks also to Mike of Kent for the upkeep of the ECL.

Past observations from PoSW:

One or two developments in the Number Station scene; for a start, the weekly Saturday 1600 or 1605 UTC S06 schedule seems to have gone, not

having survived into 2016, at least I have not been able to find it. In the last months of 2015 it was heard on either 6,778 kHz at 1600Z, or on

5,073 at 1605, both frequencies plus or minus a few kHz. This schedule had been around for years and was usually a good signal whatever the

season, and could be found by searching for the pre-transmission warm-up routine ten or fifteen minutes before the expected transmission time with

the tell-tale 1,200 Hz tone followed by a single spoken three figure number. Such searches have proved fruitless so far in 2016 so if it is still

around it is managing to keep itself remarkably well hidden. This seems to indicate a running down of the S06 network over the past couple of

years because two other S06 schedules which used to appear on Saturdays, in these instances in the UK evening time, and a Monday + Thursday

1900Z schedule, ceased in December 2014 and did not survive into 2015,

On the other hand, a schedule with call “480” has returned, seems to be Sundays and Tuesdays, not heard so far on other days of the week, at

1700 + 1730 UTC. This schedule has been observed before, a short-lived entity running for a couple of months before vanishing. I first logged this

one in the second half of January and it has continued in February on higher frequencies. Always a group count in the forties which gives a total

transmission time of eleven to twelve minutes. Transmission mode is sometimes the “lop-sided AM”, or upper side-band with carrier much favoured

by S06 and related stations, but also upper side-band suppressed carrier is used. UPDATE:- this schedule appears to have ended, the last transmission

being on Tuesday 16-February, not found on Sunday the 21st or Tuesday the 23rd.

E07 continues in 2016 with the expected schedules appearing on the same frequencies as used for several years, the low - and sometimes very low -

levels of audio continue to be a problem making for difficult copy, although there have been a large number of “000 - no message” transmissions so

far in 2016 in which the carrier goes QRT after just under two minutes and thirty seconds after the start time.

No big surprises so far with the Wednesday 2100Z start and Saturday 0900Z start E07a SSB schedules.

Morse Stations

All frequencies listed in kHz. Freqs are generally +- 1k This is a representative sample of the logs received, giving an indication of station behaviour and the range of times/freqs heard. These need to be read in

conjunction with any other articles/charts/comments appended to this issue.

Morse - Number Stations

UNID CW

Jean-Paul (JPL) caught this on the remote tuner in Siberia.

8228 1427z 26 Jan '613' 613 (IP – Cont’d - 1427z - Silent) (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL TUE

There is not enough information from just this one transmission to be able to make any sort of an identification of this. It could be M23, As Ary (AB) suggested as a possibility, or even an M01 variant. On the other hand, it could also be military...

M01/ 1 XIV MCW, hand (197 sched for Nov - Feb). Will change to M01/2 sched ID 463 for Mar - Apr.

M01 is not always audible & does occasionally appear to miss the occasional schedule. On Thursday 14 January, however, both Brian (BR) & Jim (JkC) logged

both M01 schedules as missing - an unusual event in itself - but Jim also noted that both the M01b schedules were also missing that evening, too.

Furthermore, in both January & February, there was an unusual number of missing schedules, while others were very weak. Conditions were not unusually poor,

so it is not known why these transmissions were not heard. It is quite possible that they were present at times, but not audible in the UK, although it would seem unlikely that one transmission, for example the 1800z, would be heard at a good strength, while the 2000z on a lower frequency two hours later was not heard - as

happened on 18 February.

Strength of M01 signals improved towards the end of February, the month ending with a 39 group message sent on Sunday 28 February - An unusual, but not

unknown event.

Jim (JkC) continues to note the reuse of M01 or M01b message content being used for M01 messages, often over a year old.

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January 2016:

4490 2000z 05 Jan '197' 281 30 = = 85389... ...LG 01195 = = Fair, med-fast / V.Weak BR/JkC TUE

2000z 07 Jan '197' 707 30 = = 45010... ...LG 17385 = = Fair, fast. Irregular CW. No errors BR THU

2000z 12 Jan '197' 356 30 = = 14665... ...LG 51425 = = Fair, slow. Irregular. Errors noted BR TUE 2000z 14 Jan NRH BR/JkC THU

2000z 19 Jan '197' 383 30 = = 07727... ...LG 75786 = = Strong, fast. Grp27 sent once only BR/JkC TUE

2000z 21 Jan '197' 072 30 = = 67832... ...LG 45346 = = Strong, med-fast. Error in grp22 BR THU 2000z 26 Jan NRH BR TUE

2000z 28 Jan '197' 359 30 = = 75213... ...LG 39275 = = Fair. Ended 2013z. Numerous errors JkC THU

5320 1800z 05 Jan [Unworkable except to confirm sked] 0000z NRH / V.Weak BR/JkC TUE

1800z 07 Jan '197' 234 30 = = 72417... ...LG 01162 = = Weak. Ends 1809z Too poor for full copy JkC THU

1800z 12 Jan NRH BR TUE 1800z 14 Jan NRH BR/JkC THU

1800z 19 Jan '197' 445 30 = = 13941... ...LG 13025 = = Fair via Markt Allhau Remote. Many errors JkC TUE

1800z 21 Jan '197' 183 30 = = 14239... ...LG 55022 = = Strong, med-fast. Numerous errors BR THU 1800z 26 Jan NRH BR TUE

1800z 28 Jan '197' 718 30 = = 54512... ...LG 40088 = = Fair. Ends 1814z. Numerous errors [Note 2:] JkC THU

5465 0700z 03 Jan '197' 178 30 = = 17593... ...LG . 953 . = = Weak, fast. Difficult copy at times BR SUN

0700z 10 Jan NRH BR SUN

0700z 17 Jan '197' 721 30 = = 45643... ...LG 12104 = = Weak/Fair, med-fast. QRM from XJT BR SUN 0700z 24 Jan '197' 434 30 = = 24664.... ...LG 16486 = = Fair, Slow. Irregular with long pauses BR SUN

0700z 31 Jan '197' 416 30 = = .2174... ...LG . . . . . = = V.Weak. Poor copy. Details via Twente BR SUN

5810 1500z 02 Jan '197' 451 30 = = 98081... ...LG 9 .771 = = Weak, fast. Difficult copy at times BR SAT

1500z 16 Jan '197' 619 30 = = 85648... ...LG 78553 = = Strong, slow. Irregular with long pauses BR SAT 1500z 23 Jan '197' 846 30 = = 35796... ...LG 84935 = = Weak, V.fast. V.poor sig - Detail via Twente BR SAT

1500z 30 Jan NRH BR SAT

Note 1: GR1-10 are the same as GR21-20 of M01 1800z 01 Sep 2015, & GR11-30 are the same as GR1-10 of M01 2000z 01 Sep 2015. (JkC)

Note 2: GR1-10 are the same as GR21-30 of M01 2000z 01 Sep 2015, & the same message as M01 1800z 28 Oct 2014, with different DK (JkC)

February 2016:

4490 2000z 02 Feb [Very weak signal - No useful copy]. Occasional snatches of two or three numbers] BR TUE

2000z 04 Feb '197' 150 30 = = 86619... ...LG 17873 = = Good, slow. No errors BR THU

2000z 09 Feb '197' 412 30 = = . 1476... ...LG 01467 = = Weak / Fair, med-fast. Poor copy BR TUE 2000z 11 Feb NRH BR THU

2000z 16 Feb '197' 697 30 = = 06994... ...LG 36121 = = Fair. Ends 2009z. Numerous errors [Note 3:] JkC TUE

2000z 18 Feb NRH BR THU 2000z 23 Feb '197' 479 30 = = 22835... ...LG 48415 = = Weak, Fast. Copy difficult at times BR TUE

2000z 25 Feb '197' 423 30 = = 52771... ...LG 53320 = = Fair. Ends 2011z. Numerous errors JkC THU

5230 1800z 02 Feb [Very weak signal - No useful copy]. Occasional snatches of two or three numbers] BR TUE

1800z 04 Feb '197' - Severe XJT QRM. M01 was heard briefly above the noise at one point BR THU

1800z 09 Feb '197' 320 30 = = 10375... ...LG 12314 = = V.weak / Weak, med-fast. Poor copy BR TUE 1800z 11 Feb [Very weak signal - No useful copy]

1800z 16 Feb '197' 697 30 = = 06994... ...LG 36121 = = Fair. Ends 1810z Numerous errors [Note 3:] JkC TUE

1800z 18 Feb '197' 579 30 = = 24751... ...LG 07744 = = Fair/Good, med-fast. No errors BR THU 1800z 23 Feb '197' 247 30 = = 88042... ...LG 28045 = = Strong, fast. Numerous errors BR TUE

1800z 25 Feb '197' 291 30 = = 01504... ...LG 82062 = = Fair. Ends 1808z. Numerous errors JkC THU

5465 0700z 07 Feb [Very weak signal - No useful copy] BR SUN

0700z 14 Feb '197' - [Very weak signal. Apart from part of call-up, no useful copy] BR SUN

0700z 21 Feb '197' 902 30 = = 00162... ...LG 18827 = = Fair, fast. Numerous errors BR SUN 0700z 28 Feb '197' 289 39 = = 64001... ...LG 54554 = = Fair, fast. Numerous errors. 39 grp msg BR SUN

5810 1500z 13 Feb NRH BR/E.SMITH SAT 1500z 20 Feb '197' 137 30 = = . . 361... ...LG 01844 = = Weak, V.fast. Poor copy (Via Twente) BR SAT

Note 3: Same message used for both 1800z/2000z transmissions, which is a repeat of M01b message 05 Sept 2014 with different DK (JkC)

M01 4490kHz 2000z 28 Jan16

197 (R4m) 359 359 30 30 = =

75213 13725 03253 81657 31118

09171 36554 77303 86270 35048

71675 02007 24574 39441 40588 60428 61012 91901 75945 87206

17004 44917 14757 00590 74256

58318 89620 39968 54046 39275 = =

359 359 30 30 000

Courtesy JkC

M01 4490kHz 2000z 04 Feb16

197 (R4m) 150 150 30 30 = =

86619 56977 08935 99954 26733

00968 05814 66130 70680 43949

77331 64996 28855 29564 39564 19447 85053 53476 21498 17983

45010 25684 34344 85826 04622

72232 11459 54162 10076 17873 = =

150 150 30 30 000

Courtesy BR

M01 5320kHz 1800z 16 Feb16

197 (R4m) 697 697 30 30 = =

09694 19167 29273 67807 97278

70377 80301 57245 85937 24716

04382 06572 39010 44813 05459 22406 97478 83655 62333 98086

03985 85545 23444 89431 59258

06385 96841 37583 05702 36121 = =

697 697 30 30 000

Courtesy JkC

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M01a (From Feb 2016 M01a has been redefined to cover all M01 variants - excepting M01b - ENIGMA 2000 Current Station List February 2016 refers)

7640 1606 (IP) - 1624z 15 Jan [In progress] ... 333 (R3) 41687 (R2) (Continues...) Good JkC FRI

333 333 333 41687 41687 (1606z - R2m, auto-sent) 273 273 273 333 25205 25205 (1609z - R1m)

273 273 273 333 43667 43667 (1610z)

hand sent keyplay only (1611z - 1619z) 111 999 111 (1620z - auto-sent)

446 20 = (short 0's, groups not repeated)

28143 79509 24994 18677 02382 38879 41039 46479 40310 32414 93371 66688 99004 91922 54570 19267 50345 18181 69406 43954

= 446 20 (1621z)

111 000 (1624z) (NFH - 1630z)

9072 1611 (IP) - 1623z 05 Jan [In progress] ... 273 (R3) 67439 (R2) (continues...) Good JkC TUE

273 273 273 67439 67439 (1611-1613z - auto-sent)

273 273 273 66309 66309 (1613-1616z - auto-sent)

273 (R1m) (1618z - hand sent) 111 999 358 20 = (hand sent - groups not repeated - short 0's)

40792 ...48 40618 37951 25973 27419 .8162 24079 85102 97643

0.875 82469 58316 60473 15927 24790 20743 20973 82516 07419 = 358 20 000 (1623z) (Silence) (NFH - 1630z)

9126 1303 (IP) - 1310z 21 Jan [In progress] ... 273 (R3) 99935 (R2) (Continues...) Good JkC THU

273 273 273 99935 99935 (1303-1306z) 273 273 273 98216 98216 (1306-1310z) (silent - 1310z) (NFH - 1320z)

M01b

January 2016:

2405//3181 2110 - 2135z 01 Jan '610' 691 54 = 35322 ... 92315 000 V.Weak//V.Weak JkC FRI

2110 - 2031z 15 Jan '610' 505 38 = 64757 ... 20902 000 V.Weak//Fair JkC FRI

2110z 22 Jan '610' [ ... Rest unworkable] V.weak //3180kHz NRH JkC FRI

2425//3205 2015 - 2040z 04 Jan '375' 691 54 = 35322 ... 92315 000 V.Weak//Weak JkC MON

2435//3520 1910 - 1935z 04 Jan '863' 691 54 = 35322 ... 92315 000 V.Weak//Weak JkC MON

2470//3545 1932 - 1940z 14 Jan NRH JkC THU

2485//3160 1932 - 1940z 14 Jan NRH JkC THU

2655//3195 2002 (IP) - 2027z 01 Jan 691 54 [... 92315 = 691 54 000] Weak//Weak (Repeat of 07 Dec15) JkC FRI

2002 - 2023z 15 Jan '866' 505 38 = 64757 ... 20902 000 Weak/Fair JkC FRI

2002z 22 Jan [Unworkable except to confirm sked] V.weak //3195kHz NRH JkC FRI 3195 2002 - 2022z 29 Jan '866' 505 38 = 64757 ... 20902 000 Weak //2655kHz NRH JkC FRI

February 2016:

2405//3180 2110 - 2128z 19 Feb '610' 164 35 = 30575 49228 ... 19765 000 Weak//Fair JkC FRI

2470//3545 1932 - 1950z 18 Feb '910' 164 35 = 30575 49228 ... 19765 000 Weak//Weak JkC THU

1932 - 2000z 25 Feb '910' 435 63 = 85705 ... 60867 000 Fair//Fair JkC THU

2485 2042 - 2100z 18 Feb '382' 164 35 = 30575 49228 ... 19765 000 Fair //3160kHz NRH JkC THU

2485//3160 2042 - 2110z 25 Feb '382' 435 63 = 85705 ... 60867 000 Fair//Fair JkC THU

2655//3195 2002 - 2020z 19 Feb '866' 164 35 = 30575 49228... 19765 000 Weak//Fair JkC FRI

M01b 2655//3195kHz 2002z 15 Jan16

866 (R4m) 505 505 38 38 = =

64757 21165 78189 72688 73296

28440 78319 52081 49282 27102

97570 68298 38921 29519 75750 51175 71829 85569 65907 43097

35983 19641 00651 72212 02917

36424 05781 49784 13795 97456 02549 15407 48149 07884 05722

88742 41803 20902 = =

505 505 38 38 000

Courtesy JkC

M01b 2470//3545kHz 1932z 18 Feb16

910 (R4m) 164 164 35 35 = =

30575 49228 13793 59487 77686

15631 19254 84811 79945 59648

08168 40222 78692 26291 71476 77609 15646 52753 15218 99415

88062 22898 01825 20462 37980

27900 13399 46648 14622 81191 17136 49255 49883 18971 19765

= =

164 505 35 35 000

Courtesy JkC

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M03 III ICW, some CW

The two remaining schedules for M03 appeared again in January, but apart from a report from Ary (AB) of a weak transmission on 04 February, nothing of M03

or the accompanying POL FSK has been heard for the remainder of the month.

The number of transmissions decreased dramatically during 2015, leaving only the 4505kHz & 4828kHz schedules on Mon/Wed & Thu/Sun respectively.

Have transmissions from M03 ceased completely now? Please keep a watch for this station both on the schedules & also while general monitoring as it's possible that it may have changed frequencies.

4505 1320 - 1336z 18 Jan 541/32 = = 16953 85685....18206 96600 = = Weak/Fair (Variable) via Twente BR MON 1320 - 1323z 25 Jan 543/00 = = 000 Good via Zielona Góra remote JkC MON

1320z 08 Feb NRH E.SMITH MON 1320z 10 Feb NRH E.SMITH WED

1320z 17 Feb NRH BR WED

4828 1320 - 1323z 07 Jan 437/00 = = 000 Fair JkC THU

1320 - 1336z 21 Jan 435/31 = = 33349 03021 ... 29166 90672 = = 000 Good JkC THU

1320 - 1336z 24 Jan 435/31 = = 33349 03021 ... 29166 90672 = = 000 Good JkC SUN

1320z 11 Feb NRH E.SMITH THU

M08a XVIII ICW / CW, some MCW

Our regular report & comprehensive logs from our Man in America - AnonUS

M08a began the New Year with all the known schedules still in place. The usual transmitter problems, hums, late startups and mixing with HM01 were all heard during January & February, there was either a change in scheduling or the Cubans’ clock has drifted further with the transmissions now beginning 5 minutes

before the hour.

Of note, on 12 January at 2300z all three call-ups ended with 1, the sequence of numbers was unusual as expected.

January 2016:

7554 2000z 01 Jan Brief transmitter check at 1952z but no Morse followed AnonUS FRI

2000z 02 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SAT 2000z 05 Jan [25401 38822 42251] AnonUS TUE

2000z 07 Jan [02252 15671 28011] AnonUS THU

2000z 12 Jan [36661 40002 53321] AnonUS TUE 2000z 15 Jan [41011 54342 67761] AnonUS FRI

2000z 23 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SAT 2000z 30 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-up AnonUS SAT

2000z 31 Jan Brief carrier but no Morse AnonUS SUN

Comparison between POL FSK & M03 messages 1305z & 1320z 21 January

Another example of the two associated transmissions from Jim (JkC). The message is the same with the same additional

stutter groups - both before & at the end of the message.

We suspect that the final two groups could be the GC (Msg length + 4 x stutter grps). Again have a correct count of

00035 ( 31 grp msg + 4 stutter grps).

POL FSK

4505kHz 1305z 21 Jan16

0437 0437 0437 0437 0437

88888 88888

33349 03021 97033 91045 61972 51795 19003 43266 00933 49616

52784 45741 54841 80775 77830

84684 33482 68876 39017 99218 00908 86782 25688 40562 48948

39679 17892 22315 30783 29166

90672 88888 88888

00035 00035

Courtesy JkC

MORSE M03

4828kHz 1320z 21 Jan16

435/31 (R3m) = =

33349 03021 97033 91045 61972 51795 19003 43266 00933 49616

52784 45741 54841 80775 77830

84684 33482 68876 39017 99218 00908 86782 25688 40562 48948

39679 17892 22315 30783 29166

90672

= 435/31 (R5) =

(single group repeat) = 000

Courtesy JkC

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8009 2300z 02 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SAT

2300z 03 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SUN 2300z 04 Jan [86782 00111 13442] AnonUS MON

2300z 06 Jan [84301 06622 20151] AnonUS WED

2300z 09 Jan Already in progress with HM01 mixing in AnonUS SAT 2300z 11 Jan Up late in progress AnonUS MON

2300z 18 Jan [64502 85332 08651] AnonUS MON

2300z 20 Jan [38131 42552 55881] AnonUS WED 2300z 23 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-up AnonUS SAT

2300z 25 Jan [68862 82201 05521] AnonUS MON

2300z 30 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups. HM01 mixing with the signal AnonUS SAT

8096 1400z 02 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups. Almost the entire TX was repeated at 1433z AnonUS SAT

1400z 03 Jan Up late in progress AnonUS SUN 1400z 04 Jan [40542 53062 66301] AnonUS MON

1400z 05 Jan [16171 20501 33832] AnonUS TUE

1400z 06 Jan [15462 27881 41222] AnonUS WED 1400z 07 Jan Hum only AnonUS THU

1400z 08 Jan [24421 36751 40272] AnonUS FRI

1400z 09 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-up AnonUS SAT 1400z 11 Jan [25501 38822 52251] AnonUS MON

1400z 12 Jan [23221 35652 48071] AnonUS TUE

1400z 14 Jan [35742 58171 62502] AnonUS THU 1400z 18 Jan [84072 07311 11732] AnonUS MON

1400z 20 Jan [82071 03711 17732] AnonUS WED

1400z 21 Jan Hum only, no Morse AnonUS THU 1400z 22 Jan [72652 84081 07411] AnonUS FRI

1400z 23 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-up AnonUS SAT 1400z 24 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-up AnonUS SUN

1400z 25 Jan [17511 28241 32562] AnonUS MON

8135 2300z 05 Jan [55012 67331 81661] AnonUS TUE

2300z 07 Jan [86614 17851 36551 50640 83212 86704] HM01 Expected M08a in this time slot AnonUS THU

2300z 08 Jan [00651 13172 36411] HM01 mixing with the Morse AnonUS FRI 2300z 12 Jan [74481 85121 01241] AnonUS TUE

2300z 14 Jan Up late in progress AnonUS THU

2300z 15 Jan [15262 28502 32021] AnonUS FRI 2300z 17 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SUN

2300z 21 Jan [42332 65751 78181] Transmitter problems? Morse turning to a crackle on several occasions AnonUS THU

2300z 22 Jan [36211 40532 53861] AnonUS FRI 2300z 24 Jan [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SUN

2300z 28 Jan Characteristic hum on with a few unintelligible words from a SS/OM. Presume given the absence AnonUS THU

of transmissions for 2 days now there are transmitter or Morse problems 2300z 30 Jan Transmitter check but no Morse followed AnonUS SAT

February 2016:

7554 2000z 04 Feb [54801 67222 71652] AnonUS THU

2000z 08 Feb Carrier but no Morse AnonUS MON 2000z 09 Feb [74372 87601 01031] AnonUS TUE

2000z 18 Feb [87512 00842 13261] AnonUS THU

2000z 23 Feb [62282 85621 08042] AnonUS TUE 2000z 28 Feb [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SUN

8009 2300z 01 Feb Up late in progress AnonUS MON 2300z 08 Feb Came up in progress at 2259z AnonUS MON

2300z 10 Feb Characteristic Cuban hum but no Morse AnonUS WED

2300z 13 Feb [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SAT 2300z 16 Feb Up in progress at 2259z on wrong frequency. Switched to correct frequency by 2302z AnonUS TUE

1400z 17 Feb Up in progress at 2300z AnonUS WED

1400z 22 Feb [58642 62071 75401] AnonUS MON 2300z 29 Feb Message in progress at 2258z AnonUS MON

8096 1400z 02 Feb [52772 65101 78431] AnonUS TUE 1400z 03 Feb Up late in progress AnonUS WED

1400z 05 Feb [46272 - - - - - - - - - -] Up late with 1st call-up repeated 5 times AnonUS FRI

1400z 08 Feb [18752 22181 45422] AnonUS MON 1400z 09 Feb [68231 71662 84081] AnonUS TUE

1400z 10 Feb [21051 44372 67711] AnonUS WED

1400z 14 Feb [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SUN 1400z 15 Feb Transmitter check but no Morse AnonUS MON

1400z 17 Feb [17461 21882 06731] Transmitter problems AnonUS WED

1400z 18 Feb [70772 83211 05532] AnonUS THU 1400z 22 Feb [04102 17521 21852] AnonUS MON

1400z 23 Feb [66251 77881 81312] AnonUS TUE

1400z 29 Feb [68822 72251 05572] AnonUS MON

8135 2300z 02 Feb Up late in progress AnonUS TUE 2300z 04 Feb [61851 74272 87611] AnonUS THU

2300z 05 Feb [56871 60212 83632] AnonUS FRI

2300z 09 Feb [22182 33722 46251] AnonUS TUE 2300z 11 Feb Up late in progress AnonUS THU

2300z 14 Feb [18262 22501 35022] Usual weekend call-ups AnonUS SUN

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2300z 19 Feb [13341 26762 40102] AnonUS FRI

2300z 23 Feb [11701 24132 37452] AnonUS TUE

Call-up Number Sequence Analysis

Analysis of call-up spacings. (Spacing between the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th digits of the call-ups). Example 43561 66881 78322 21 32 34 23

As with previous observations the M08a call-ups follow a pattern between the three numbers. (See Issue 81 - Mar 2014 for full details)

40542 53062 66301 11 33 43 23 86782 00111 13442 11 33 33 23

16171 20501 33832 11 33 43 23

25401 38822 42251 11 33 43 23 55012 67331 81661 12 23 33 23

84301 06622 20151 12 23 34 23

02252 15671 28011 11 33 43 23 24421 36751 40272 11 23 34 32

00651 13172 36411 12 33 43 23

23221 35652 48071 11 23 43 32 36661 40002 53321 11 33 33 32

74481 85121 01241 11 15 61 32

35742 58171 62502 21 33 34 32 41011 54342 67761 11 33 34 32

15262 28502 32021 11 33 34 32

84072 07311 11732 11 33 34 32 64502 85332 08651 21 13 73 32

82071 03711 17732 11 14 70 32

38131 42552 55881 11 33 43 23 42332 65751 78181 21 33 43 23

72652 84081 07411 11 23 34 32

36211 40532 53861 11 33 33 23 17511 28241 32562 11 13 73 32

68862 82201 05521 21 33 33 32

52772 65101 78431 11 33 33 23 54801 67222 71652 11 33 33 23

61851 74272 87611 11 33 34 23

56871 60212 83632 12 33 34 32 18752 22181 45422 12 23 33 33

68231 71662 84081 11 23 43 32

74372 87601 01031 11 33 33 23 22182 33722 46251 11 13 64 33

21051 44372 67711 22 33 34 23

06731 17461 21882 11 13 64 32 70772 83211 05532 11 32 43 32

87512 00842 13261 11 23 33 32

13341 26762 40102 12 33 43 23 04102 17521 21852 11 33 43 23

58642 62071 75401 11 33 34 32

66251 77881 81312 11 13 64 32 62282 85621 08042 21 33 43 32

11701 24132 37452 11 33 33 32

68822 72251 05572 12 33 33 32

Courtesy AnonUS

We know that the weekend call-ups are always the same so checked some of the transmissions and confirmed that the message sent is always the same too. Whether this is for training purposes or for some other reason is unknown. By analyzing several transmissions we were able to eliminate any mistakes caused by

fading or other issues. The messages transmitted in full are shown below.

18262 22501 35022 (R3 Minutes)

18262 18262 18262 18262 18262 BT BT BT

67153 41103 83237 44567 37012 54606 61875 42145 74333 08040

12860 45037 87327 14217 14170 63515 08148 16648 37024 55347

15728 51182 03531 44117 37125 05778 16624 67305 37676 42785 71785 15735 72832 14351 l3574 54531 31660 54651 27047 04381

65523 46125 30474 13834 67041 15728 47563 08883 05656 50473

83782 26385 31034 63104 37744 07104 48744 74523 11022 66521 37343 27078 43762 56642 72404 41126 11164 25734 67128 66324

86827 58146 16321 20108 78558 30071 48323 37177 26103 17552

23367 65834 43565 02476 04222 18720 46571 18433 13781 22646 01173 00324 24155 18134 60804 04817 70501 34372 57142 41836

85857 60146 07600 21370 37660 11666 73576 40842 85530 80714

82742 35735 71372 12545 23846 47161 74023 34406 58750 31324 11603 70675 10240 31777 36110 52148 81845 17851 88153 58825

87137 85562 75123 81636 87462 37373 41786 08257 34541 00354

88151 67742 61514 08637 77346 76458 40768 71383 43312 75410

AR AR AR Courtesy AnonUS

22501 22501 22501 3501 22501 BT BT BT

68848 56241 55003 06300 75051 52537 20808 88334 53335 54867 85468 87275 22676 07232 33017 15388 25626 74715 44640 68285

10702 41148 07711 32276 01834 18502 16102 82504 64504 21640

06833 32162 32134 38800 64066 10111 86701 45582 73801 78475 28187 28620 18822 75515 23264 67865 85220 55707 40612 38236

30034 75603 62242 64411 41064 51320 63782 51256 55073 73170

81887 01748 05230 25026 40465 12817 23562 34348 35357 71388 55270 45613 12247 72658 57715 04686 34835 05304 63332 80651

31510 37673 50435 36445 11252 46014 47767 10314 23124 62178

28768 82847 73677 55786 40763 41307 76713 07726 48561 07447 86525 15046 35400 46313 10081 83626 25122 51643 45181 38026

57220 64415 15635 80710 72865 71343 04103 42300 56237 76443

57751 84438 28373 42601 60372 77347 88602 57168 56571 27604 04244 65784 28570 25414 71301 80088 06024 82130 48155 52107

20518 24770 28041 01348 57135 11447 33871 83454 15778 22206

AR AR AR Courtesy AnonUS

35022 35022 35022 35022 35022 BT BT BT

65453 58823 51471 22451 31866 27181 35622 37621 28844 14528

65800 23114 04752 04601 17403 25482 74877 15445 76558 20347 46856 61487 86510 47730 01182 72172 88888 78015 74487 63047

87603 65482 04761 84242 11780 36888 07862 50832 31173 03884

31513 88333 50307 60105 56604 60353 63787 84135 78068 52766 63314 61062 16162 35388 62075 28111 25076 56522 16277 37380

63436 03771 70170 41423 88708 78376 35826 24633 34262 43412

07732 74688 13830 81005 26328 47537 38677 32811 40780 64583

68334 75841 34434 05086 45885 02470 53811 72413 10314 88868

47176 12436 78470 42440 16108 23830 40607 03727 50242 08371

63335 15340 47383 74345 24102 60068 80347 22074 07424 46532 48418 80153 33251 68104 35460 08203 22043 14063 28665 66478

70174 53068 03836 87843 72553 27514 16757 58132 78615 50118

75861 38835 27738 44447 26801 51048 03657 23376 86425 21347 35727 48882 71546 72876 44280 34517 47634 58776 28682 64536

AR AR AR SK Courtesy AnonUS

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M12 IB ICW, some MCW / CW, short 0. Reuses many freqs year on year.

New ID’s may be only for the month/sched shown, but not necessarily unknown . The reason for their reuse, some after long periods of time, is unknown.

As last year, many of the regular late M12 scheds were missing, due to the Russian 10 day New Year holiday, although there were some scheds still in use, particularly those early ones. Of the 14 transmissions logged from 01 - 09 Jan, all were null messages.

M12 msgs returned to full operation on Monday 11 Jan. Given the same occurs over the Xmas holidays too, we can only speculate that these missing scheds are not of immediate importance & perhaps carry routine traffic – if, indeed they carry any traffic at all.

Asiatic M12 Scheds

15826/14576/13416 0020/0040/0100z 06 Jan 854 000 Strong/Weak via Hong Kong SDR BR WED

0020/0040/0100z 09 Jan 854 000 Strong/Fair via Hong Kong SDR BR SAT 0020/0040/0100z 16 Jan 854 000 Weak/Good via Hong Kong SDR BR WED

0020/0040/0100z 23 Jan 854 1 (214 53) 06808 50800... 37533 69734 Strong via Hong Kong SDR BR SAT

0020/0040/0100z 30 Jan 854 000 Strong/Fair via Hong Kong SDR BR SAT

18576/17436/--- 0020/0040/0100z 06 Feb 548 000 Strong via Hong Kong SDR BR SAT

0020/0040/0100z 10 Feb 548 000 Strong via Hong Kong SDR BR WED 0020/0040/0100z 17 Feb 548 1 (386 125) 09513 14403.... Strong via Hong Kong SDR BR WED

0020/0040/0100z 20 Feb 548 1 (386 125) 09513 14403.... Strong via Mojave SDR BR SAT

0020/0040/0100z 27 Feb 548 000 BR SAT

European M12 Logs

January 2016: New scheds in bold type

4457/5157/--- 0530/0550/0610 04 Jan 417 000 BR MON

0530/0550/0610 11 Jan 417 000 BR MON

0530/0550/0610 18 Jan 417 000 BR MON 0530/0550/0610z 25 Jan 417 000 HFD MON

5284/5784/--- 0730/0750/0810z 07 Jan 277 000 E.SMITH THU 0730/0750/0810z 14 Jan 277 000 E.SMITH/HFD/tiNG THU

0730/0750/0810z 21 Jan 277 000 BR THU

0730/0750/0810z 28 Jan 277 000 E.SMITH THU

5361/4461/4061 2200/20/40z 06 Jan 340 000 BR WED

2200/20/40z 13 Jan 340 000 Good HFD/JkC WED 2200/20/40z 20 Jan 340 1 (5637 115) 15090 70091 ... 60027 00421 000 Good JkC WED

2200/20/40z 27 Jan 340 000 BR WED

5838/7438/9238 0600/20/40z 02 Jan 842 000 BR SAT

0600/20/40z 09 Jan 842 000 E.SMITH/HFD SAT

0600/20/40z 16 Jan 842 000 E.SMITH SAT 0600/20/40z 23 Jan 842 1 (5837 115) BR SAT

0600/20/40z 30 Jan 842 000 E.SMITH SAT

7692/6792/5892 1310/30/50z 07 Jan 678 000 Good JkC THU

1310/30/50z 09 Jan 678 000 BR SAT

1310/30/50z 14 Jan 678 1 (9307 161) 74144 79256.... BR THU 1310/30/50z 16 Jan 678 1 (9307 161) 74144 79256.... BR/HFD SAT

1310/30/50z 21 Jan 678 000 Good JkC THU

1310/30/50z 23 Jan 678 000 BR SAT 1310/30/50z 28 Jan 678 1 (510 161) 98623 83122 ...... 31136 99922 000 000 E.SMITH THU

1310/30/50z 30 Jan 678 1 (510 161) 98623 83122 ...... 31136 99922 000 000 E.SMITH SAT

8047/6802/5788 1800/20/40z 11 Jan 463 1 (4146 140) NRH on 8047kHz BR MON

1900/20/40z 13 Jan 463 1 (2457 145) 02246 53743 ... 61618 41705 000 Weak HFD/JkC WED

1800/20/40z 18 Jan 463 1 (7362 148) BR MON 1900/20/40z 20 Jan 463 1 (5974 142) 91876 46579 ... 61101 79490 000 Fair JkC WED

1800/20/40z 25 Jan 463 1 (3859 149) BR MON

1900/20/40z 27 Jan 463 1 (6196 142) 85994 31034 ... 10329 09624 000 V.weak/Weak/Good JkC WED

9176/7931/6904 1900/20/40z 11 Jan 257 1 (8523 88) BR MON

1800/20/40z 13 Jan 257 1 (1896 143) 10535 00111 ... 22026 62115 000 Weak HFD/JkC WED 1900/20/40z 18 Jan 257 1 (5433 84) BR MON

1800/20/40z 20 Jan 257 1 (8722 149) 38414 22803 ... 59545 46714 000 Fair JkC WED

1900/20/40z 25 Jan 257 1 (3 .20 90?) Weak BR MON 1800/20/40z 27 Jan 257 1 (7699 132) 80414 99743 ... 76358 59999 000 Weak/Fair/Good JkC WED

10343/9264/8116 1930/1950/2010z 12 Jan NRH BR TUE 1800/20/40z 14 Jan 124 1 (9321 146) 92232 22378 ... 21849 52407 000 V.Weak/Weak HFD/JkC THU

1930/1950/2010z 19 Jan 124 1 (2539 95) 47983 73460 ... 26272 95087 000 Fair HFD/JkC TUE

1930/1950/2010z 26 Jan 124 1 (8652 105) NRH on 10343kHz BR TUE 1800/20/40z 28 Jan 124 1 (9334 143) 82458 77526 ... 03141 30333 000 V.weak / Weak JkC THU

12205/13559/14728 1100/20/40z 11 Jan 973 1 (8620 134) BR/HFD MON

1100/20/40z 18 Jan 973 1 (7130 114) 72456 70073... BR MON

1100/20/40z 25 Jan 973 1 (4430 142) 58025 47068... BR/Schorschi MON

9

12162/11566/10711 1700/20/40z 14 Jan 546 1 (4580 85) 46150 94623.... 0842 . 22297 000 Weak HFD/JkC THU

1700/20/40z 21 Jan 546 1 (5425 85) 67976 18279 ... [fades to nil] Weak/ V.weak JkC THU 1700/20/40z 28 Jan 546 1 (6392 87) BR/JkC THU

13369/14669/15969 1010/30/50z 07 Jan 369 000 Strong E.SMITH/HFD/tiNG THU 1010/30/50z 10 Jan 369 000 BR SUN

1010/30/50z 14 Jan 369 1 (5953 67) 00867 88253 ... 74070 79517 000 000 AB/E.SMITH/Schorschi THU

1010/30/50z 17 Jan 369 1 (5953 67) BR SUN 1010/30/50z 21 Jan 369 000 BR THU

1010/30/50z 24 Jan 369 000 Good JkC SUN

1010/30/50z 28 Jan 369 1 (7840 67) 92731 50785 ... 38998 34651 000 000 E.SMITH THU 1010/30/50z 31 Jan 369 1 ( 7840 67) 92731 50785... BR SUN

13386/12189/11491 1500/20/40z 14 Jan 725 1 (6971 120) 33326 88736 ... 21455 65494 000 000 AB/HFD/JkC THU 1500/20/40z 21 Jan 725 1 (3248 147) 71490 93000 ... 62056 90468 000 Good JkC THU

1500/20/40z 28 Jan 725 1 (8072 132) 63348 37739 ... 03654 26946 000 Good JkC THU

14687 1520z 01 Jan 963 000 Fair JkC FRI

15987/14687/--- 1500/20/40z 08 Jan 963 000 Good HFD/JkC FRI

1500/20/40z 15 Jan 963 000 Fair E.SMITH/JkC FRI 1500/20/40z 22 Jan 963 000 BR FRI

1500/20/40z 29 Jan 963 000 Good JkC FRI

16324/18124/--- 0710/30/50z 06 Jan 314 000 Fair/Weak BR WED

0710/30/50z 13 Jan 314 000 E.SMITH WED

0710/30/50z 20 Jan 314 000 AB WED 0710/30/50z 27 Jan 314 000 BR/Schorschi WED

February 2016:

4617/5317/--- 0530/0550/0610z 01 Feb 638 000 E.SMITH MON 0530/0550/0610z 08 Feb 638 000 E.SMITH/HFD MON

0530/0550/0610z 15 Feb 638 000 E.SMITH MON

0530/0550/0610z 22 Feb 638 000 E.SMITH MON 0530/0550/0610z 29 Feb 638 000 BR MON

5429/4629/4029 2200/20/40z 03 Feb 460 000 BR WED 2200/20/40z 10 Feb 460 1 (4076 161) 67759 44741.... BR WED

2200/20/40z 17 Feb 460 1 (6706 151) 35947 39569 ... 04059 22710 000 Weak JkC WED

2200/20/40z 24 Feb 460 000 BR WED

5884/56884/--- 0730/0750/0810z 04 Feb 888 000 BR THU

0730/0750/0810z 11 Feb 888 000 E.SMITH THU 0730/0750/0810z 18 Feb 888 000 E.SMITH/HFD THU

0730/0750/0810z 25 Feb 888 000 E.SMITH THU

7637/9137/10237 0600/20/40z 06 Feb 612 000 E.SMITH/HFD SAT

0600/20/40z 13 Feb 612 1 (4076 161) 67759 44741 ...... 97869 15040 000 000 E.SMITH SAT

0600/20/40z 20 Feb 612 1 (6706 151) 35947 39569 ...... 04059 22810 000 000 E.SMITH SAT 0600/20/40z 27 Feb 612 000 BR SAT

8047/6802/5788 1800/20/40z 01 Feb 463 1 (3742 142) 77909 90713.... BR/HFD MON 1900/20/40z 03 Feb 463 1 (5367 136) 55252 22360 ...... 61306 08909 000 000 Fair E.SMITH WED

1800/20/40z 08 Feb 463 1 (2630 140) 68070 77613.... BR MON

1900/20/40z 10 Feb 463 1 (9396 131) 37141 86565.... BR WED 1800/20/40z 15 Feb 463 1 (2254 141) BR MON

1900/20/40z 17 Feb 463 1 (1749 140) BR WED

1800/20/40z 22 Feb 463 1 (7170 146) 44380 09213.... BR MON 1900/20/40z 24 Feb 463 1 (2708 131) 03006 64531.... 17096 07734 000 Good JkC WED

9162/8062/7462 1310/30/50z 04 Feb 104 000 E.SMITH/HFD THU 1310/30/50z 06 Feb 104 000 E.SMITH SAT

1310/30/50z 11 Feb 104 1 (9944 141) 99687 56191 ...... 25917 11137 000 000 E.SMITH THU 1310/30/50z 13 Feb 104 1 (9944 141) 99687 56191 ...... 25917 11137 000 000 E.SMITH SAT

1310/30/50z 18 Feb 104 000 E.SMITH THU

1310/30/50z 20 Feb 104 000 E.SMITH SAT 1310/30/50z 25 Feb 104 000 Strong L.F. Intermittent QRM on 8062kHz E.SMITH/JkC THU

1310/30/50z 27 Feb 104 000 BR SAT

M12 13386/12189/11491kHz 2000/20/40z 14 Jan16

369 1 (R2m) 5953 67 5953 67

00867 88253 14340 43555 17146 76339 93456 94528 70880 68905 08894 81937 11752 77819 07412 86054 18459 67228 28552 18123

08893 27343 74247 20483 31426 99873 39642 55108 71834 62845

59390 84305 92869 90961 23844 27862 15203 78536 20556 52011 02433 76268 77895 69266 84393 17980 72123 95027 35860 92873

46265 39026 71676 09622 46513 85405 35126 93950 16210 54371

34723 66214 30353 36838 65467 74070 79517

000 000

Courtesy AB/E.SMITH

10

9176/7931/6904 1900/20/40z 01 Feb 257 1 (4762 81) BR/HFD MON 1800/20/40z 03 Feb 257 1 (4311 148) 57249 18981 ...... 46378 95054 000 000 Fair E.SMITH WED

1900/20/40z 08 Feb 257 1 (5185 82) 82758 35844.... BR MON

1800/20/40z 10 Feb 257 1 (3710 148) 14775 00125.... BR WED 1900/20/40z 15 Feb 257 1 (1969 81) BR MON

1800/20/40z 17 Feb 257 1 (1492 131) 19623 05484 ... 91788 25625 000 Good JkC WED

1900/20/40z 22 Feb 257 1 (6914 84) 82726 65704.... BR MON 1800/20/40z 24 Feb 257 1 (5353 145) 87972 58106 ... 70563 54761 000 Good JkC WED

9176 1900z 25 Feb 257 1 (7641 54) 01936 53612 ... 60664 45858 000 Good JkC THU

1800/20/40z 29 Feb 257 1 (1394 149) 83429 47454.... BR MON 1900/20/40z 29 Feb 257 1 (2657 82) 01704 58092.... BR MON

10343/9264/8116 1930/1950/2010z 02 Feb 124 1 (8173 109) BR TUE 1800/20/40z 04 Feb 124 1 (1450 150) 42272 80458.... BR THU

1930/1950/2010z 09 Feb 124 1 (6839 95) 0826 . . 5070.... Poor sigs - NRH on 10343kHz BR TUE

1800/20/40z 11 Feb 124 1 (1198 134) 06 .54 59153.... Weak BR THU 1930/1950/2010z 16 Feb 124 1 (4163 102) 33992 35449 .... 70395 91264 000 V.weak/ Weak/ Fair JkC TUE

1800/20/40z 18 Feb 124 1 (6019 148) 14908 56713...... 71166 51539 000 Good JkC THU

1930/1950/2010z 23 Feb 124 1 (8724 97) 15766 51561.... BR TUE 1800/20/40z 25 Feb 124 1 (3661 140) 26032 80439...... 24204 14750 000 000 AB/JkC THU

12205/13559/14728 1100/20/40z 01 Feb 973 1 (2320 121) 40450 26393 ......78406 06047 000 000 E.SMITH MON 1100/20/40z 08 Feb 973 1 (4644 113) 60913 53299 ......17243 79716 000 000 AB/E.SMITH MON

1100/20/40z 15 Feb 973 1 (9552 122) 84089 61287 ......94152 04881 000 000 E.SMITH MON

1100/20/40z 22 Feb 973 1 (1431 136) 02548 82724 ......91436 93931 000 000 E.SMITH MON 1100/20/40z 29 Feb 973 1 (5780 135) 21061 58208.... BR MON

12162/11566/10711 1700/20/40z 04 Feb 546 1 (2046 83) 34576 67089.... BR/HFD THU

1700/20/40z 18 Feb 546 1 (8569 85) 71412 99206 ...... 91189 72573 000 Fair JkC THU

1700/20/40z 25 Feb 546 1 (1408 87) 99156 54402 .......57065 85509 000 000 AB/JkC THU

13386/12189/11491 1500/20/402 04 Feb 725 1 (4401 133) 02132 84903 ...... 47108 15942 000 000 E.SMITH THU

1500/20/40z 18 Feb 725 1 (8637 117) 87257 09173 ...... 14663 77417 000 Good E.SMITH/JkC THU 1500/20/40z 25 Feb 725 1 (6073 133) 13967 13480 .......75179 25783 000 000 AB/JkC THU

13569/14869/16269 1010/30/50z 04 Feb 582 000 E.SMITH/HFD THU 1010/30/50z 07 Feb 582 000 BR SUN

1010/30/50z 11 Feb 582 1 (495 109) 19550 67230 ...... 14699 11171 000 000 E.SMITH THU

1010/30/50z 18 Feb 582 1 (7861 73) 22433 47101 ...... 38002 28420 000 000 E.SMITH THU 1010/30/50z 21 Feb 582 1 (7861 73) 22433 47101.... BR SUN

1010/30/50z 25 Feb 582 000 E.SMITH THU

1010/30/50z 27 Feb 582 000 BR SUN

16314/14814/--- 1500/20/40z 05 Feb 384 000 E.SMITH FRI

1500/20/40z 19 Feb 384 000 Good E.SMITH/JkC FRI

18064/19464/--- 0710/30/50z 10 Feb 049 000 E.SMITH WED

0710/30/50z 17 Feb 049 000 Weak E.SMITH WED 0710/30/50z 24 Feb 049 000 E.SMITH WED

M14 IA MCW / ICW Short 0

The technical problems that M14 was experiencing at the end of 2015 continue into the new year. Most of the transmissions were sent without problems, but on 30 January Ary (AB) logged an 0800z message that had both call-up errors , a repeat error in the message & several botched attempts at repeating the message.

Ary's transcription is included below.

On 16 February, Edd (E.SMITH) logged a 128 group message that was also suffering from severe problems during the call-up, where a 361 call became 61

repeated for two minutes with an odd random figure additionally sent. The = = was also missing, although the message does appear to have been successfully sent.

January 2016:

3721 1600 - 1604z 19 Jan 361 00000 Weak JkC TUE

4636 1820 - 1827z 26 Jan 186 (569 15) = 11090 38276 ... 55176 28196 00000 Good JkC TUE

4761 1920 - 1928z 13 Jan 748 (569 15) = 11090 38276 ... 55176 28196 00000 Good JkC WED

1920 - 1927z 27 Jan 748 (569 15) = 11090 38276 ... 55176 28196 00000 Good JkC WED

4975 1800 - 1804z 01 Jan 382 00000 Good JkC FRI

1800 - 1804z 15 Jan 382 00000 Good JkC FRI

5430 0800 - 0811z 30 Jan 171 (272 15) Errors with call-up followed by several botched repeat attempts AB SAT

5374 1700 - 1704z 01 Jan 382 00000 Good JkC FRI 1700 - 1704z 15 Jan 382 00000 Good JkC FRI

5560 0900z 09 Jan 171 (272 15) = 89105 78127 55945................16014 = Fair signal with QSB MCW RNGB SAT

5947 0600z 24 Jan 382 00000 Modulation w/ harmonics each 1 kHz HFD SUN

6767 0700z 24 Jan 382 00000 HFD SUN

11

February 2016:

3721 1600 - 1604z 02 Feb 361 00000 MCW E.SMITH TUE

1600 - 1630z 16 Feb 361 (820 128) 37613 01355 ...... 45543 26589 00000 MCW E.SMITH TUE

Intro was a mess. Spent the first 2 minutes transmitting 61 with the odd random number thrown in.

4636 1820 - 1828z 23 Feb 186 (133 15) 12345 ... 89078 00000 Good Obviously fake traffic (See transcript) JkC TUE

4761 1920 - 1928z 24 Feb 748 (133 15) 12345 .. 89078 00000 Good Same fake message as 23 Feb JkC WED

4975 1800 - 1803z 19 Feb 382 00000 Good JkC FRI

5374 1700 - 1703z 19 Feb 382 00000 Good JkC FRI

5430 0800z 13 Feb 171 HFD SAT

5561 0900z 13 Feb 171 ( . 79 15) = 98712.... HFD SAT

9412 1532z 04 Feb 058 (346 72) = = [5 fig grps] 00000 Unusual freq - Beating with weak BC stn PoSW THU

14758 0930 - 0933z 10 Feb 617 00000 E.SMITH WED

0930 - 0934z 25 Feb 617 00000 E.SMITH THU

M14 struggles to send a 15 group message on 30 January

The 23 Feb Message with fake groups

M23 O ICW

No reports

M24 IA MCW / ICW / MCWCC (high speed version of M14), short 0

8095 1530 - 1546z 23 Feb 343 (816 75) = 86637 ... 25168 = 816 75 00000 Good 23wpm JkC TUE

9073 1530 - 1546z 25 Feb 343 (816 75) = 86637 ... 25168 = 816 75 00000 Fair JkC THU

10755 1500 - 1516z 25 Feb 343 (816 75) = 86637 ... 25168 = 816 75 00000 Fair 23wpm JkC THU

11487 1500 - 1513z 18 Feb 058 (493 72) = 74789 ... 30026 = 493 72 00000 Good 23wpm JkC THU

Jim (JkC) notes that the last time M24 appeared on 11487kHz, (01 Dec 2015, 1300z), the repeat was +30m on 9412kHz. Although he tried for 9412kHz, this was

NRH & under heavy broadcast QRM & a further Search over 9-10MHz also found nothing.

M14 5430kHz 0800 - 0811z 30 Jan16

(0800z)

171 (R) 722 72 15 15

89205 89205 88127 78127 55945 55945 77806 77806 11321 11321

16210 16210 52217 52217 69205 69205 15324 15324 53746 53746

76089 76089 76201 76201 62189 62189 67220 67220 17014 17014

272 272 15 15 00000

(0806z)

0571 78870 68857 63530 19721 90992 51797 37098 49525 14057

64208 19778 15629 26714 66895 5245U

(0811z)

..---- 2 21969 14915 26141 2611

Courtesy AB

M14 4761kHz 1920z 13 Jan 16

748 (R4m) 569 569 15 15 = =

11090 38276 68675 11652 79183

39910 67182 55713 70193 57126 50192 16732 49003 55176 28196 = =

569 569 15 15 00000

Courtesy JkC

M14 4636kHz 1820z 23 Feb 16

186 (R4m) 133 133 15 15 = =

12345 32321 45451 89012 45456

12356 12334 65656 78780 09876

13456 76890 65991 76765 89078 = =

133 133 15 15 00000

Courtesy JkC

M24 11487kHz 1500z 18 Feb 16

058 (R4m) 493 493 72 72 = =

74789 68273 97591 56152 46128 93496 01030 33286 98211 19498

26437 74729 64477 81117 61272 59062 19235 32004 59302 57726

07761 13847 80511 03334 31570 01487 10407 54946 18555 72343 00910 71255 32667 73598 00006 27626 02846 85564 62366 37909

75866 04692 58101 66988 22804 94630 21852 44984 53797 78809

09404 19048 20804 72944 53996 03708 13026 80930 39543 15666 74702 02556 32919 04025 99952 26458 42529 11851 84357 06782

95322 30026 = =

493 493 72 72 00000

Courtesy JkC

M24 8095kHz 1530z 23 Feb 16

343 (R4m) 816 816 75 75 = =

86637 87548 89304 17229 43213 83203 49727 21389 30798 37756

19216 20325 22306 76203 99877 85196 51630 33516 69079 90404

03653 73429 17159 20917 44583 08900 93439 21082 59818 60152 40235 83397 91510 11269 19525 00653 93031 51241 62000 29885

42511 10449 93152 41593 82654 28465 16104 52642 79012 14165

55869 66294 13891 84046 94719 67812 58106 89716 53357 49058 87745 70470 97570 60542 38139 91909 75076 14341 12234 56534

12207 86343 85539 97237 25168 = =

816 816 75 75 00000

Courtesy JkC

12

M97 CW, partner station to V30 10375kHz Starts 1453 - 1500z (Variable) .

Due to the poor reception of this signal in both the UK and Canada, GlobalTuners receivers at Hong Kong, Mojave Desert & Sydney - as well as the Twente SDR,

were used frequently to confirm the msg detail.

No logs received. Last heard with the SD84 message on 06 & 07 May 2015.

Morse Stations - Not Number Related

M51 XlX

FAV22 call used on 3712.5kHz

M51 was active on 3712.5kHz for many hours on Wed 17 February. Interestingly, at 1715z the fast CW groups ceased & the FAV22 call-up started followed by

slow Morse lessons for Lundi, (Monday), at 420 grps/hr. This continued until 1802z when the FAV22 sign-off was sent. The station then immediately resumed the fast continuous groups & was still active at 2200z.

Apart from the incorrect day given for the slow Morse lessons, the FAV22 call-up also stated the frequencies in use as 3881/6825kHz. However, a check on both these frequencies showed that these were not in use at this time. (This same lesson was repeated on Fri 19 Feb - this time on the known FAV22 frequencies).

As usual when this station used frequencies within the 80m amateur band there were a number of attempts to jam the signal by disgruntled 'operators' by the use of swinging VFOs or transmitting a continuous carrier or sending Morse on the same frequency.

PoSW has also been following the activities of M51 & sends in this report;

The M51 CW continues to be active on 6825 and 3881 kHz, and I was surprised to find it going strong on the morning of Christmas day; I was

away for a couple of days over the holiday but had time for a quick tune around the short-wave bands at around 0820 UTC on Friday 25-December and found these two frequencies active with CW. Something more than a training exercise here, surely? I doubt whether the keenest student of La

Telegraphie would be at his studies on Christmas morning! Thanks PoSW

3712.5 1640 (IP) - 2200z + 17 Feb Continuous grps - Ceasing for Lundi-Leçon from 1715 - 1802z BR WED

3881//6825 1500z (IP) 26 Jan Continuous grps - Mostly 5-ltr, but with occasional 5-number or 5-puncuation chars BR TUE 1257 - 1510z 11 Feb Continuous grps - Started immediately on the ending of the M51a 4ransmission BR THU

1523 - 2100z + 19 Feb Continuous grps - Ceasing for Lundi-Leçon from 1715z - 1802z BR FRI

M51a (FAV22) Daily Mon - Fri, Sun & some Sats. See NL 72 for details

3712.5 1715 - 1802z* 17 Feb Lundi-Leçon 01-1/1 Codé 01-1/2 Clair, 01-1/3 Codé, 01-1/4 Clair (420 grps/hr) BR WED

3881//6825

1230 - 1302z 09 Feb Mardi-Leçon 22-2/1 Codé 22-2/2 Clair, 22-2/3 Codé, 22-2/4 Clair (600 grps/hr) BR TUE 1230 - 1305z 10 Feb Mercredi- Leçon 23-2/1 Codé, 23-2/2 Clair, 23-2/3 Codé, 23-2/4 Clair (720 grps/hr) BR WED

1230 - 1257z 11 Feb Jeudi- Leçon 24-2/1 Codé, 24-2/2 Clair, 24-2/3 Codé, 24-2/4 Clair (840 grps/hr) BR THU

1230 - 1304z 12 Feb Vendredi- Leçon 25-2/1 Codé, 25-2/2 Clair, 25-2/3 Codé, 25-2/4 Clair (960 grps/hr) BR FRI 1715 - 1802z* 19 Feb Lundi-Leçon 01-1/1 Codé 01-1/2 Clair, 01-1/3 Codé, 01-1/4 Clair (420 grps/hr) BR FRI

* Appear to be random unscheduled lessons - Day used for lesson was incorrect.

M89 O

This is a summary of activity from the M89 stations.

Regular schedules from 2SLC, RIS9 & ALSK Cease

These call signs have been missing from all known frequencies since 16 Jan 16. A search has yet to find any new frequencies or call signs.

On 31 Dec 15, the Chinese PLA Second Artillery Corps was replaced by the PLA Rocket Force. This new Force will have more functions and troops than its

former organization which could account for the disappearance of 2SLC, RIS9, and ALSK.

If nothing else, this is further proof that these three stations are linked/part of the same network. Another possibility is that these three stations have switched to

some sort of digital mode on new frequencies,. although no digital modes have been noted on the old CW frequencies to date. Jean-Paul (JPL)

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Operator Chat from M89

Op. chat & traffic reported on the following freqs. (All in kHz).

3320

3516 3702

3726

3789 3870

3894

4101 4121

4137

4351 4358

4510

4601 4640

5034

5068

5123 5135

5147

5177 5186

5192

5197 5201

5214

5220 5226

5234

5282 5301

5326

5331 5340

5341

5347

5352 5364

5436

5438 5454

5460

5466 5473

5477

5486 5511

5518

5533 5545

5555

5572 5588

5643

5692 5800

6326 6485

6556

6565 6573

6586

6611 6621

6633

6637 6645

6666

6704 6821

6841

6850 6851

6868

6871 6878

6916

6953 6958

7527

7652 7654

7777

7788 7862

7890

8017

8035 8045

8056

8069 8101

8123

8144 8321

8451

8720 8745

8878

8888

9054

9131 9171

9180

10126

10540

10676 10860

New Scheds for Jan / Feb 2016: From logs submitted from JPL

3642//5801 New freq pairing for this Round Slip First heard 11 Feb V DKG6 (x3) DE 3A7D (x2)

3732//NRH New frequency for this Round Slip First heard 26 Jan V JKDJ (x3) DE SLBC (x2)

4640 New Round slip call sign First heard 22 Jan VVV 3Z9 DE ZN4 (Uses same format as NYZ and FXM)

4886//5177 New freq pairing for this Round Slip First heard 29 Jan V JKDJ (x3) DE SLBC (x2)

8989//10180 New frequency for 3A7D First heard 20 Jan V DKG6 (x3) DE 3A7D (x2)

Chart of M89 Freq & Call signs heard in Jan / Feb 2016 New Scheds shown in Bold Type

Freq in KHz Call Slip

3300//NRH V MW3D (x3) DE 2SLC (x2)

3642//NRH V DKG6 (x3) DE 3A7D (x2) 3642//5320 V DKG6 (x3) DE 3A7D (x2)

3642//5801 V DKG6 (x3) DE 3A7D (x2)

3642//7602 V DKG6 (x3) DE 3A7D (x2)

3732//NRH V JKDJ (x3) DE SLBC (x2)

3777//4532 V M8JF (x3) DE RIS9 (x2)

3777//4532//6793//8060

V M8JF (x3) DE RIS9 (x2)

3821//5644 V DKSL (x3) DE ALSK V (x2)

4131//NRH V JKDJ (x3) DE SLBC (x2)

4131//4886 V JKDJ (x3) DE SLBC (x2)

4532//NRH V M8JF (x3) DE RIS9 (x2)

4532//6793//8060 V M8JF (x3) DE RIS9 (x2)

4640//NRH VVV 3Z9 DE ZN4

4720//NRH VVV WNF (x3) DE FXM (x2)

4860// NRH VVV (x3) Q2M (x3) DE NYZ (x2) (R5) QSA ?

4860// 6840 VVV (x3) Q2M (x3) DE NYZ (x2) (R5) QSA ?

4886//5177 V JKDJ (x3) DE SLBC (x2)

Freq in kHz Call Slip

5177//NRH V JKDJ (x3) DE SLBC (x2)

5588//NRH V MW3D (x3) DE 2SLC (x2)

5644//NRH V DKSL (x3) DE ALSK V (x2)

5801//10180 V DKG6 (x3) DE 3A7D (x2)

6421//NRH V DKSL (x3) DE ALSK (x2)

6421//9131 V DKSL (x3) DE ALSK (x2)

6793//NRH V M8JF (x3) DE RIS9 (x2)

6793//8060 V M8JF (x3) DE RIS9 (x2)

6840//NRH VVV (x3) Q2M (x3) DE NYZ (x2) (R5) QSA ? K

6840//10640 VVV (x3) Q2M (x3) DE NYZ (x2) (R5) QSA ? K

8989//10180 V DKG6 (x3) DE 3A7D (x2)

10180//NRH V DKG6 (x3) DE 3A7D (x2)

Courtesy JPL

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As well as the above examples, only a couple from those monitored by Jean-Paul, it was irresisable for us not to have included the following two intercepts -

purely for their bizarre & unusual content. Many thanks to JPL for sending these to us. Test transmissions or bored operators - You decide!

DP Stations

4375/NRH New frequency for this station First heard 26 Jan CQ DE DP91

3516 1600 (IP) - 1605z 18 Feb Calls to DP stations DP7 .41, DP7391, DP7491 (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL THU

3894 1602 - 1607z 27 Jan (Probably DP91) Calls to numerous DP+4 fig stns (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL WED DP7791, DP7391, DP7491, DP7791, DP7091, DP7691, DP7791

1602 (IP) - 1603z 17 Feb (Probably DP91) Calls to DP+4 fig stns (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL WED DP7691, DP7491

1605 (IP) - 1606z 18 Feb (Probably DP91) Calling DP7691 GB (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL THU 1600 - 1604z 19 Feb DP91 Calls to numerous DP+4 fig stns on 3516kHz (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL FRI

DP7791, DP7591, DP7391, DP7691,

4375 1356 - 1412z 18 Feb V CQ (x3) DE DP4096 (x2) ) (Sends letter O for zero) (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL THU

M89 6871kHz 0012 - 0014z 13 Jan 2016

(Remote tuner Hong Kong) (IP - 0012z)

NR 1131/EX 0821 RMKS CQ BT MY9/OK8 AR NR 1131/EX 0821 RMKS CQ BT MY9/OK8 AR

NR 1131/EX 0821 RMKS CQ BT MY9/OK8 AR

QSY 17 QSY 17 VVV (0014z)

M89 6821kHz 0014 - 0015z 13 Jan 2016

( Remote tuner Siberia) (IP - 0014z)

FFF NR 1171/EX 0818 BT H4Y/CQ3S AR (IP – 0014z) NR 1171/EX 0818 BT H4Y/CQ3S AR

NR 1171/EX 0818 BT H4Y/CQ3S AR

QSY 18 QSY 18 VVV (0015z)

M89 6821kHz 0018 - 0018z 13 Jan 2016

( Remote tuner Siberia) (IP - 0018z)

NR 1173/EX 0824 BT NB3/FEEE BT (IP – 0018z) NB3/FW0H AR

QSY 16 QSY 16 VVV (0019z)

Courtesy JPL

M89 6421kHz 1737 - 1739z 06 Jan 2016

Possibly ALSK (Remote tuner Siberia) (IP - 1737z)

New traffic format

6421kHz1737z 06/01/16[(IP - JPL WED

01180713AAL (IP – Machine sent - 1737z) 9919228AAL

7226983AAL

278930AAL 102532AAL

508412AAL

AHR CD AR 09 AR

U W 15-IUL’A

01817AAL 160109090230847AAL

01285846AAL

1086062AAL 10011.AAL

1010606AAL

9877763AAL 2Q180IUAAL

54813AAL

160109092830029AAL 01180713AAL (1739z)

Courtesy JPL

M89 6611kHz 0912 - 0922z 05 Jan 2016

(Remote tuner Siberia) (IP - 0912z) .

GHF BT (IP – Handsent – Slow CW)

AHCDEFGHL BT ABCDEFGT EEEE (0913z)

KERLMNOPQI EEEE R K

XY.VZ AR JKLMNOJ EEEE (0915z)

BT RTUVJXYZ

ABCDEFGHIJKL EEEE MNOPQRS EEEE (0916z)

BT AB BT

BT ABCDT EEEEE BT

ABCDEF EEEEE JKLMNOPQRS EEEE (0917z) Q BT ABCDEFGHIJL BT

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSEEEEE RSTUVWXYZ AR

(0918z) BT ABCDEFGHIJL EEE L BT

ABCDEFGT EEEEE JKLMJ BT

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ AR (0920z) BT ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTTVWXYZ AR (0921z)

BT 6 TA BT ABM EEEE ABCDE/ (0922z

Courtesy JPL

M89 5341kHz 2342 - 2352z 18 Jan 2016

(Remote tuner Siberia) (IP - 2342z) .

OM5L K8N Q1SG MC76 BW4GFNVF N..34 EUTD

BM3C R4RS 4SNT VS9XT73AC81Z Y4WQ AR AR (2349z)

50 50 AR AR 50 05 AR 4 AR (2349z)

FW FW FW FW FW UW3EEEEE TTTTT AR AR AR EEEE BT BT BT BT BT

AR AR (2350z)

AU34567DNTAU34567DNT AU34567DNT

AU34567DNT (Cont’d – 2351z)

FW FW FW (2352z)

UVT4567DNT AU34567DNT (Cont’d – 2352Z)

I LOVE 5 EEEEE FL ? ABCDEFGHIHJKLMNOP

QRSTUVWXYZ

ABCDEFGHIIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

(Cont’d – 2354z) (Silent – 2355z)

Courtesy JPL

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M95 O XSV, XSV70, XSV85

M95 Morse Logs

4225 1847z 04 Jan V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL MON 0300z 05 Jan V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

1551z 12 Jan V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

4243//9054 This appears to be a new M95 station, as message number differs from current XSV70 and XSV85 message numbers

1219 (IP) - 1226z 07 Feb NR 043 CK 15 35 0207 1630 BT (//NRH) (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL SUN

1150 (IP) - 1157z 09 Feb NR 049 CK 19 35 0209 1639 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

1148 (IP) - 1154z 12 Feb NR 0050 CK 17 35 ... 2163 . . . . (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL FRI NR 0051 CK 22 35 0212 1640 BT JPL FRI

1145 (IP) - 1156z 13 Feb NR 26 CK 135 35 0213 1603 BT (No call sign sent) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL SAT

NR 081 CK 22 35 0213 1528 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL SAT 1145 (IP) - 1202z 16 Feb NR 087 CK 28 35 0216 1520 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

NR 080 CK 21 35 0216 1532 BT JPL TUE

1140 (IP) - 1150z 18 Feb NR 086 CK 1 . 35 0218 1656 BT (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL THU NR 091 CK 21 35 0218 1 .16 BT JPL THU

NR 36 CK 075 35 0218 1735 BT JPL THU

1140 (IP) - 1228z 17 Feb NR 083 CK 19 35 0UA7 A649 BT JPL WED

NR 089 CK 19 35 0UA7 A5AU BT JPL WED

NR 34 CK 140 35 0.A7 A6T3 BT JPL WED

1118 (IP) - 1201z 23 Feb NR 0218 49 0222 1040 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

NR 001 22 35 0223 1057 BT JPL TUE

NR 002 13 35 0223 1616 BT JPL TUE

NR 46 143 35 0223 1719 BT JPL TUE

1145 (IP) - 1150z 24 Feb NR 02 CK 18 49 0222 1030 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL WED NR 03 CK 17 35 0224 1530 BT JPL WED

1145 (IP) - 1212z 25 Feb NR 005 CK 19 35 0225 1513 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL THU

NR 50 CK 112 35 0225 1601 BT JPL THU

NR 008 CK 19 35 0225 1629 BT JPL THU

1144 (IP) - 1200z 26 Feb NR 007 21 35 0226 1512 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL FRI

NR 52 115 35 0226 1614 BT JPL FRI

4283//7553 Call Sign XSV70 0929 (IP) - 0954z 05 Jan NR 13 CK 113 35 0105 0700 (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

NR 15 CK 196 35 0105 1550 JPL TUE

0914 (IP) - 0953z 06 Jan NR 16 CK 151 35 0106 0700 (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL WED

NR 17 CK 115 35 0106 1554 JPL WED

NR 18 CK 196 35 0106 1554 JPL WED

0934 (IP) - 0954z 10 Feb NR 114 CK 194 35 0209 1556 (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL WED

NR 121 CK 91 35 0210 0505 JPL WED

5500 2137z 07 Feb V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL SUN

1149z 09 Feb V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

0003z 10 Feb V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL WED

5678 2345 (IP) - 2358z 05 Feb 05 05 05 05 (Long zero) VV A .NR .. GT 37652367D (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL FRI

(Switched to XSV85 sked on 8073kHz – 2358z)

7553 Call sign XSV70

0908 (IP) - 0924z 09 Jan NR 27 CK 10 35 0109 1555 (Remote Hong Kong) JPL FRI

0945 (IP) - 0945z 06 Feb NR 119 CK .25 35 0.06 0705 (Unable to find //) (Remote Hong Kong) JPL SAT

0910 - 0957z 08 Feb NR 115 CK 107 35 0208 0655 (Remote Hong Kong) JPL MON

NR 116 CK 197 35 0208 152 . JPL MON

NR 117 CK 245 35 0208 1523 JPL MON

(See also 4283//7553 above for // freq logs)

7554 Call sign XSV70

0907 - 0954z 24 Jan (Started on 7553 //9156kHz for Data & Speech- Switched to 7554//NRH for CW transmission)

NR 70 CK 149 35 0124 0705 (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL SUN

NR 71 CK 149 35 0124 1544

7582 Call sign QV5B

0932z 11 Jan V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL MON

7777 Call sign XSV85

1122 - 1127z 27 Jan 05 05 05 + grps (IP – Hand sent – Long zero) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL WED

(Op. changed to 8030kHz for the XSV85 sched)

2325 - 2335z 13 Feb CBG DE XSV85 HR MSG GA CY (Cont.) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL SUN

8060 0011 (IP) - 0019z 15 Feb 05 05 05 (Long zero) BT III AR (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL MON

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8073 Usual format is Initial call-up in voice USB, then to digital 4+4 mode LSB, finally, switching to CW

CW call-up is V BNGC (x3) DE XSV85 (x2) All logged via Remote tuner Hong Kong unless stated.

As predicted by JPL msgs from XSV85 restarted from 00001 in Jan 2016

0006 - 0022z 04 Jan NR 0010 CK 106 35 0104 0704 BT JPL MON 0001 - 0016z 07 Jan NR 0016 CK 107 35 0107 0711 BT JPL THU

1130 - 1157z 08 Jan NR 0019 CK 136 35 0108 1550 BT JPL FRI

0001 - 0007z 11 Jan NR 0024 CK 115 35 0111 0710 BT JPL MON

0001 - 0006z 12 Jan NR 0026 CK 102 35 0112 0710 BT JPL TUE

0001 - 0007z 13 Jan NR 0028 CK 079 35 0113 0710 BT JPL WED

1129 - 1139z 15 Jan NR 0033 CK 236 35 0115 1540 BT JPL FRI

0001 - 0009z 16 Jan NR 0034 CK 94 35 0116 0708 BT JPL SAT

1128 - 1141z 16 Jan NR 0035 CK 219 35 0116 1512 BT JPL SAT

1140 - 1141z 18 Jan NR 0039 CK 238 35 0118 1542 BT (No voice or digital component sent) JPL MON 0001 - 0011z 19 Jan NR 0040 CK 89 35 0119 0703 BT JPL TUE

0015 (IP) - 0015z 20 Jan NR 0042 CK 115 35 0120 0728 BT JPL WED

0001 - 0017z 22 Jan NR 0048 CK 110 35 0122 0715 BT JPL FRI NR 0049 CK 33 35 0122 0721 BT JPL FRI

0001 - 0019z 24 Jan NR 0056 CK 81 35 0124 0659 BT JPL SUN

NR 0057 CK 21 35 0124 0704 BT JPL SUN 1140 - 1204z 24 Jan NR 0058 CK 24 35 0124 1742 BT Extremely weak (Remote tuner Finland) JPL SUN

NR 0059 CK 21 35 0124 1552 BT JPL SUN

0001 - 0012z 25 Jan NR 0060 CK 83 35 0125 ..... BT (Too weak to copy) JPL MON 1142 - 1147z 25 Jan NR 0063 CK 308 35 0125 0551 BT JPL MON

1129 - 1203z 27 Jan NR 0070 CK 256 35 0127 1611 BT JPL WED

NR 0071 CK 52 35 0127 1614 BT JPL WED 0001 - 0017z 29 Jan NR 007 . CK ... 35 0129 0724 BT JPL FRI

0001 - 0017z 06 Feb NR 0105 CK 96 35 0206 0704 BT JPL SAT NR 0106 CK 48 35 0206 0710 BT JPL SAT

1130 - 1142z 06 Feb NR 0107 CK 26. 35 0206 1549 BT JPL SAT

NR 0108 CK 46 35 0206 1559 BT JPL SAT

0001 - 0019z 07 Feb NR 0109 CK 96 35 0207 0700 BT JPL SUN

NR 0110 CK 46 35 0207 0708 BT JPL SUN

1130 - 1200z 07 Feb NR 0111 CK 300 35 0207 1609 BT JPL SUN

NR 0112 CK 42 35 0207 1609 BT JPL SUN

0001 - 0013z 08 Feb NR 0113 CK 34 35 0208 0705 BT JPL MON

NR 0114 CK 118 35 0208 0707 BT JPL MON

1130 - 1148z 09 Feb NR 0119 CK 174 35 0209 1552 BT JPL TUE

0001 - 0006z 10 Feb (Extremely weak - (Unable to copy message - mostly unreadable) JPL WED

0006 (IP) - 0021z 12 Feb NR 0124 CK 109 35 0212 0714 BT (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL FRI

1140 (IP) - 1141z 12 Feb NR 0125 CK 252 35 0212 1545 BT JPL FRI 1130 - 1144z 13 Feb NR 0128 CK 30 06 35 0213 AT5 BT JPL SAT

1128 - 1200z 14 Feb NR 0132 CK 38 35 0214 1536 BT JPL SUN

NR 133 CK 31 035 0214 1556 BT JPL SUN 0012 (IP) - 0015z 15 Feb CK 38 35 0215 0708 BT (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL MON

0202z (IP) 15 Feb NIL SK GB (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL MON

1206 (IP) - 1219z 15 Feb NR 0137 CK 44 35 0215 1616 BT (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL MON 1131 - 1145z 16 Feb NR 0140 CK 32 35 0216 1619 BT JPL TUE

NR 0141 CK 331 35 0216 1622 BT (Switched to 4243//9054kHz M95 Sked) JPL TUE

1129 - 1206z 17 Feb NR 0144 CK 238 35 0217 1549 BT JPL WED NR 0145 CK 22 35 0217 1605 BT JPL WED

1130 - 1158z 18 Feb NR 0147 CK 49 35 0218 1541 BT (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL THU

NR 0148 CK 26 . 35 0218 1605 BT JPL THU 0006 - 0020z 19 Feb NR 0149 CK 13 . 35 0219 0705 BT JPL FRI

NR 0150 CK 48 35 0219 0711 BT JPL FRI

1150 - 1151z 19 Feb NR 0151 CK 330 35 0219 1614 BT JPL FRI 0006 - 0022z 18 Feb NR 0153 CK 106 35 0220 0714 BT JPL SAT

NR 0154 CK 46 35 0220 0715 BT JPL SAT

0001 - 0024z 21 Feb NR 0157 CK 141 35 0221 0711 BT JPL SUN NR 0158 CK 30 35 0221 0716 BT JPL SUN

0001 - 0020z 22 Feb NR 0161 CK 114 35 0222 0714 BT JPL MON

NR 0162 CK 39 35 0222 0715 BT JPL MON 1130 - 1208z 23 Feb NR 0167 CK 255 35 0223 1626 BT JPL TUE

NR 0168 CK 37 35 0223 1630 BT JPL TUE

0010 (IP) - 0015z 24 Feb NR 0169 CK 104 35 0224 .103 BT Weak / fading JPL WED 1137 - 1144z 24 Feb NR 0171 CK 42 35 0224 1609 BT JPL WED

NR 0172 CK 292 35 0224 1610 BT JPL WED

1130 - 1201z 25 Feb NR 0175 CK 272 35 0225 1555 BT JPL THU NR 0176 CK 44 35 0225 1602 BT JPL THU

0001 - 0022z 26 Feb NR 0177 CK 122 35 0226 0715 BT JPL FRI

1128 - 1200z 26 Feb NR 0179 CK 336 35 0226 1602 BT JPL FRI NR 0180 CK 42 35 0226 1609 BT JPL FRI

0001 - 0023z 27 Feb NR 0181 CK 108 35 0227 0718 BT JPL SAT NR 0182 CK 42 35 0227 0722 BT JPL SAT

1137 - 0002z 27 Feb NR 0184 CK 290 35 0227 1540 BT JPL SAT

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8110 Call sign QV5B

0841z 05 Jan V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE 0018 - 0019z 07 Jan NR 2030 NIL SK GB NIL SK GB (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL THU

BT 418/C464/5736/79/77/482/COMM/0034 AR JPL THU

0008z 12 Jan V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

1000z 08 Feb V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL MON

0955z 10 Feb V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL WED

0143z 15 Feb V 7NPE (x3) DE QV5B (x2) (IP - Cont'd) (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL MON

8888 Call Sign XSV85

0858 (IP) - 0902z 24 Jan Traffic 3 fig grps - No msg headers logged (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL SUN

1029 (IP) - 1035z 12 Feb Traffic 3-fig grps - No msg headers logged (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL FRI

1118 (IP) - 1129z 23 Feb NR 0048 CK 100 24 0215 1044 RMKS (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

NR 0167 CK 255 35 0223 1626 BT JPL TUE

Msg 0167 sent on 8073 M95 sked. Also sent 05 05 05 05 (Further proof that 05 Stations are lined to M95)

9054 1145 IP) - 1209z 14 Feb NR 072 24 35 0 214 1650 (Remote Hong Kong) JPL SUN

NR 073 19 35 0214 1650 JPL SUN

NR 083 21 35 0214 1546 BT JPL SUN

NR 28 136 35 02A4 A63A JPL SUN

2350 (IP) - 2359z 14 Feb NR 074 CK A85 35 0215 0620 BT (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL SUN

0001 (IP) - 0007z 15 Feb NR 075 CK 25 35 0215 0722 BT (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL MON

NR 29 CK 54 35 0215 0813 BT JPL MON

0002 (IP) - 0006z 19 Feb A HR UP SB TWK (0006z - Switched to 8073 M95 sked) (// Not checked) JPL FRI

2340 (IP) - 2359z 20 Feb NR 093 CK 19 35 0221 0557 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL SAT

NR 096 CK 21 35 0221 0743 BT JPL SAT

NR 41 CK 096 35 0221 0726 BT JPL SAT

2340 (IP) - 0013z 21 Feb NR 41 CK 096 35 0221 0726 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL SUN

2351 (IP) - 2359z 23 Feb NR 002 CK 18 49 0222 0602 (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL TUE

NR 003 CK 13 35 0224 0627 JPL TUE

0011 (IP) - 0007z 24 Feb NR 002 CK 19 35 0224 0054 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL WED

NR 47 CK 029 35 0224 0618 BT JPL WED

2338 - 2357z 25 Feb NR 09 CK 17 35 0226 0615 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL THU

NR 006 CK 17 35 0226 0624 BT JPL THU

NR 51 050 35 0226 0723 BT JPL THU

2340 - 2359z 26 Feb NR 008 CK 20 35 0227 0634 BT JPL FRI

NR 012 CK 14 35 0227 0636 BT JPL FRI

NR 53 CK 040 35 0227 0734 BT JPL FRI

1144 (IP) - 1152z 27 Feb NR 009 CK 26 35 0227 1520 BT (Remote tuner Hong Kong) JPL SAT

NR 54 CK 161 35 0227 1626 BT JPL SAT

(See also 4243//9054kHz listing)

9152 0935 (IP) - 0957z 11 Feb NR 124 CK 134 35 0211 1715 (Remote tuner Siberia) JPL THU

NR 126 CK 256 35 0211 1615 JPL THU

M95 8073kHz 0001z 07 Jan 2016

V BNGC (x3) DE XSV85 (x2)

(IP ) Chinese digital 4+4 QPSK 75/3000 - LSB - 0001z

BNGC (x3) DE XSV85 (x2) Switched to CW - Cont’d – Hand sent - 0003z

HR MSG GA (0005z)

NR NR 0016 CK 107 35 0107 0711 BT BT TT7 3U4 3A4 TAU 773 TU5 773 357 4T3 NN3 (Cont’d – 0006z)

AR MSG AGN (0010z)

NR 0016 CK 107 35 0107 0711 BT TT7 3U4 3A4 TAU 773 TU5 773 357 4T3 NN3 (Cont’d – 0011z)

AR AR

(0016z – Switched to voice USB – Female operator)

Courtesy JPL

M95 4284//7554kHz 0914z 06 Jan 2016

(IP) XSV70 – Just missed call sign - Machine sent

NR 17 CK 115 35 0106 1554

TU3 TA4 TT6 3U6 3A5 TT4 773 354 N3D (Cont’d – 0915z) AHR MSG AGN

NR 17 CK 115 35 0106 1554

TA3 UT3 TT6 3U6 3A4 TT5 773 354 N3D (Cont’d – 0920z) AHR MSG GA

NR 18 CK 196 35 0106 1554

TA3 UT3 TT6 3U6 TT4 773 3AD 353 U46 35A (Cont’d – 0925z)

A HR MSG GA

NR 16 CK 151 35 0106 0700 TA3 UT3 TT6 3.4 3A4 TT4 773 353 U46 35A (Cont’d –

0941z)

AHR MSG AGN NR 16 CK 151 35 0106 0700

TA3 UT3 TT6 3U3 3A4 TT4 773 353 U46 35A (Cont’d –

0948z) ZNN VA (0953z)

Courtesy JPL

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Oddities

We start the 'Oddities' section this time with a report from PoSW, who is a regular contributor to the group with his logs & observation - So over to PoSW;

The “Mystery Beacon”, as I call it, is still, at the time of writing in late February, on 10237 kHz telling the world that he is “Common and precious”.

Short-lived Single Letter Transmission “W”:- 11-Feb-16, Thursday:- 1620 UTC, 8112 kHz, strong CW sending the letter “W” slowly, not noticed before, stopped after 1622 UTC. Left a receiver on 8112 and heard it start up again at 1640 UTC, once more running for just two minutes. Had I

paid a bit more attention I might have observed it finishing with the letter “K” which was the case on the following day:-

12-Feb-16, Friday:- 1400 UTC, 8112 kHz, “W” again, stopped after 1402 UTC and after a few seconds sent a single “K”. Started again after 1420

UTC, ended after 1422 with a “K”,

no pause after the two minutes of “W”. Started again after 1440 UTC, stopped just before 1442 then after a few seconds sent “W” four more times followed by “K”. Looks like two minutes of “W” sent on the hour and at H + 20 minutes and H + 40 minutes. Something else for which it is

difficult to see any purpose. Seems to have gone, not heard on subsequent days.

Russian Woodpecker - or “Son of Russian Woodpecker”, or someone else's Woodpecker and not Russian at all - still very noticeable on the

short wave bands. This distinctive pulsing sound, similar to the infamous “Russian Woodpecker” of the later Cold War years is still in business. I first

noticed its return in early 2014, so two years ago. A characteristic rapid tapping sound of perhaps ten pulses per second moving up the band in non-uniform steps ranging from perhaps one hundred kHz to several hundred kHz. Not much of a nuisance because it only stays on a frequency for

about thirty seconds before jumping up to the next one, just time to centre up the tuning on the receiver as best as one can because it is several

kHz wide, and note the frequency.

Throughout 2014 and 2015 I often tracked it out of interest and every once in a while made a note in the log, the last time I bothered to do so in

2015 was on 4-November when I found it on 6795 kHz at 1600 UTC and following it for about ten minutes logged it on 14580 kHz at 1610 UTC. I did a search on that there Inter-Web thing to see if I could find out any further information but came up with very little. One thing seems to be

clear is that it cannot be coming from the same site as the original Woodpecker because that location is well known and has long been abandoned and its massive antenna is now just so much scrap metal. Some speculation that it is coming not from Russia but from some other part of the world

with a sense of paranoia such that they have established their own over-the-horizon-radar - if that is what it is - using old technology from the

Soviet era; North Korea, Iran or China seem to be favourites.

On a few occasions recently, when I have had nothing better to do with my time, I have tracked the Woodpecker up in frequency until it reached

the end of its excursion, i.e. it was not found on a higher frequency afterwards, but quickly re-tuning was then found on a much lower frequency and moving up again; for example, on 17-February, 1530 UTC, Woodpecker found on 16190 kHz, then at roughly 30 second intervals on 16260,

16560, 16750 and then 16870 kHz at 1532 UTC. Appeared to dwell on this frequency for well over the usual thirty seconds, perhaps a minute or so,

but not found again on a higher frequency once it had departed 16870. However, tuning lower down the short-wave bands and starting an upwards sweep from about 7000 kHz, found the signal on 8740 kHz at 1535 UTC, 8990 at 1535:30s, it was on its way up again.

Thanks PoSW - Your logs & observations are always appreciated. Keep that ear glued to the radio!

S28 'The Buzzer' Ary (AB) tells us that the buzzer replaced its collective call sign MDZhB with a new one: ZhUOZ from 28 December 2015. This call sign change was also

confirmed by Schorschi as demonstrated in his log of a message sent on 10 Jan. Is this a new reorganisation of the Russian defence network - or a continuation of

that which is currently ongoing?

Reception of the buzzer on both 4625kHz & the new parallel transmission no 6998kHz is variable in the UK. The signal from 4625kHz being usually audible

from late afternoons, while the 6998kHz is less predictable due to conditions - as anyone monitoring the 40m amateur band over the past few months will confirm!

Gary (HJH) was able to hear the 4635kHz signal at a fair strength on the afternoon of Thursday 14 January at this QTH near Cardiff, UK, using his Grundig Eton

Satellit 750 with long wire - but couldn't receive the 6998kHz transmission, while Ary (AB) was able to report reception of 6998kHz at 1659 UTC from his Netherlands QTH.

4625 PM 14 Jan S28 'The Buzzer' Marker USB HJH THU

4625//6998 1659z 14 Jan S28 'The Buzzer' Marker USB AB THU

6998 1346z 06 Feb S28 'The Buzzer' Marker E.SMITH SAT

Message Logs (from Schorschi)

4625 1238z 10 Jan Strong Schorschi SUN

ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 49 441 SDANN YIk 45 21 00 65 ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 49 441 SDANN YIk 45 21 00 65 Prijom! ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 25 172 AGREKOLIT 65 06 50 58 ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 25 172 AGREKOLIT 65 06 50 58 ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 25 172 AGREKOLIT 65 06 50 58 Priyom!

4625 1500z 28 Jan Strong Schorschi THU ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 74 73 FENOKChILEN ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 74 73 FENOKChILEN Prijom

4625 1618z 28 Jan Strong Schorschi THU ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 72 451 OEORA 42 78 59 08 ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 72 451 OEORA 42 78 59 08 Prijom!]

4625 1624z 28 Jan Strong Schorschi THU ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 98 670 DIGRIDjA 04 31 69 60 ZhUOZ ZhUOZ 98 670 DIGRIDjA 04 31 69 60 Prijom!]

S32 'Squeaky Wheel'

3828 1715z 11 Jan [… Alpha 45 Alpha 45 18 730 … Priyom!] Good Schorschi MON 1737z 18 Jan [Dlja! … Kak slyscchna Kak slyschna? … Priyom!] Strong Schorschi MON

Contributors: AB, AnonUS, BR, E.SMITH, HFD, HJH, JkC, JPL, PoSW, RNGB, Schorschi, tiNG Thank you all for your logs.

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VOICE STATIONS

E06 January/February log:

First/Third Thursday of month 2030z 4836kHz

07/01 ‘321’ 237 20 06132 75514 79681 94217 21443 31441 81797 17512 62689 33103 48930 93432 25709 93628 48683

18809 85052 49870 63962 04884 237 20 00000 - On parade 2 minutes early. (An old repeat)

21/01 ‘321’ 613 20 14259 ... 12250 613 20 00000] Up 2 minutes early. Old, old message! JkC

04/02 ‘321’ 569 20 14259……………….12250 569 20 00000] 2036z

18/02 ‘321’ 569 20 14259 ... 12250 569 20 00000]2035z QSA2 QRM1 QSB1 JkC THU

Old repeat

Friday following First / Third Thursday 2130z 4760kHz

22/01 I logged E06 as NRH, went away to make a sandwich, and when I returned there it was, very late, in call up.

2148z ‘472’ 613 20 14259 ... 12250 613 20 00000] 2156z JkC

Old repeat

05/02 ‘472’ 613 20 14259 22676 32782 32782 76723 89409 12215 74326 64070 90235 38085 59543 12319 74238 36664 12256 1

8841 73311 98089 12250 613 20 00000

First /Third Thursday (repeats Friday) 0600z 13945kHz 0700z 16350kHz

07/01 & ‘139’ 862 107 64372 81724 14385 72054 81584 06846 04728 94606 84381 50200 64340 86865 16541 64832 04228 07729 66959 42266 92236 22586

21/01 68324 49631 57450 19012 44328 09468 07953 89354 91351 51891 10413 22402 05555 93811 04920 71320 91318 24889 53519 90049

11975 04914 45862 55344 68749 02303 10436 16645 18878 28395 04789 40967 68804 47236 83202 45004 03433 65534 65237 31617

37332 32490 53601 72907 98869 04163 74764 07069 83177 52089 40773 41181 34911 20815 55688 77161 46732 64051 15089 03037

84446 14125 72083 16749 74743 64416 68259 74654 16467 69477 53017 81922 01366 92512 39710 67021 55244 54905 72049 07464

35468 67486 99192 99016 45756 48234 82966 00000] 0722z

0600z 17470kHz 0700z 20085kHz

04/02 & ‘702’ 568 134 85807 19320 26282 40263 61886…….37942

18/02

Other transmissions: 1730z 8157kHz

17/02 ‘343’ (4 mins) 681 57 09993 06272 ..... 61122] Very Strong Topol WED

Transcript:

‘343’ 681 57 09993 06272 10955 82060 57440 65439 45253 89906 98641 82370 89884 39807 16148 81312 98583

37917 03117 14946 44200 70726 78200 82565 28359 47117 64593 69063 95126 60442 69176 84401 47118 62813 22695

08258 87481 68778 66909 69536 36203 30587 99662 15429 94162 52220 13787 49716 53380 34381 90795 44991 76894

67626 35308 58498 96702 15834 61122 681 57 00000

1700z 10423kHz 1730z 8167kHz

24/02 ‘801’ 269 53 23984 ... 89782 269 53 00000] 1713z QSA4 QRM1 QSB2 JkC WED

Transcript:

‘801’ 269 53 23984 51833 37184 07381 65157 60863 62914 62665 93391 54374 58471 11993 55461 30469 10531 44580

51627 36317 59313 58377 30889 88193 17520 48514 01974 70132 82343 61076 70970 65874 13972 79404 41570 03812

79042 35098 38838 19600 82470 60916 42461 66138 36098 27757 40402 25603 37590 32909 38905 03212

58028 31760 89782 269 53 00000

Thanks: RNGB, Ed Smith, JkC, Topol

PoSW reports:

First + Third Thursdays in the Month 2030 UTC Schedule – although usually starts well before the half-hour:-

7-Jan-16:- 4,836 kHz, started 2028 UTC, calling “321”, DK/GC “237 237 20 20”. Not the twenty 5F groups starting with, “14259 22676 32782 twice....” which has been used many times over the past couple of years, but the one starting with, “06132 75514 796813... ”

which has been used more by the related G06 German schedules.

21-Jan-16:- 4,836 kHz, call “321” in progress when tuned in at 2029 UTC, DK/GC “613 613 20 20”, and this evening the 5Fs were the sequence

beginning, “14259 22676.. ”, so not the same as on the 7th.

4-Feb-16:- 4,836 kHz, started a few seconds late for a change, call “321”, DK/GC “569 569 20 20”, 5Fs, “14259 22676 32782 32782... ” and so on.

Friday 2130 UTC Schedule Following First + Third Thursdays in the Month - the above remarks concerning flexible start time apply here also:-

8-Jan-16:- 4,760 kHz, started about two minutes before the half-hour, call “472”, DK/GC the much used “14259 22676 32782 32782.... ” sequence.

5-Feb-16:- 4,760 kHz, started after the half-hour, call “472”, DK/GC “613 613 20 20” and, “14259 22676..... ”.

19-Feb-16:- 4,760 kHz, started early, “472” and “613 613 20 20” and 5Fs as on the 5th. Signal weaker than usual, sinking into the local noise QRM.

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E07

Not much new here, the known schedules continue to appear on the expected frequencies, that is the same as in the past few years for any

particular month, and the low audio problem still makes copy difficult, especially where signals are not too strong.

Sunday + Wednesday Schedule, 1800 UTC Start:-

3-Jan-16, Sunday:- 1800 UTC, 8,194 kHz, “172 172 172 000”, weak signal with low audio level, difficult copy. 1820 UTC, 6,794 kHz, second sending, also with low audio.

6-Jan-16, Wednesday:- 1800 UTC, 8,194 kHz, very low audio, unreadable, carrier went off just before 1802:30s UTC which means, “no message”. 1820 UTC, 6,794 kHz, “172 172 172 000”, audio low but readable.

10-Jan-16, Sunday:- 1800 UTC, 8,194 kHz, weak signal with low audio, carrier off before 1802:30s UTC. 1820 UTC, 6,794 kHz, “172 172 172 000”, much better signal than first sending, no problem to copy.

17-Jan-16, Sunday:- 1800 UTC, 8,194 kHz, “172 172 172 000”, S9 with low audio.

24-Jan-16, Sunday:- 1800 UTC, 8,194 kHz, “172 172 172 000”, S9 with deep QSB, audio low but readable.

1820 UTC, 6,794 kHz, second sending, much weaker signal, usually this is stronger than the 1800z.

3-Feb-16, Wednesday:- 1800 UTC, 10,219 kHz, very low audio, unreadable, carrier went off just before 1802:30s UTC, “No message”, then.

1820 UTC, 9,119 kHz, second sending, also with unreadable audio.

10-Feb-16, Wednesday:- 1820 UTC, 9,119 kHz, second sending, “215 215 215 000”, S9 carrier, audio very low.

14-Feb-16, Sunday:- 1800 UTC, 10,219 kHz, “215 215 215 000”, S9, audio just a little bit better than usual.

1820 UTC, 9,119 kHz, second sending, S9 with deep rapid QSB.

17-Feb-16, Wednesday:- 1800 UTC, 10,219 kHz, “215 215 215 000”, S9, audio better than most transmissions in recent times.

1820 UTC, second sending, audio low but readable.

21-Feb-16, Sunday:- 1800 UTC, 10,219 kHz, “215 215 215 000”, S9, reasonable - that is to say readable - audio. Not much traffic for E07 agents so

far this year!

Monday + Wednesday Schedule, 2000 UTC Start:-

6-Jan-16, Wednesday:- 2000 UTC, 6,982 kHz, “981 981 981 1” for a full message, DK/GC “914 74” x 2, reasonable audio, strong “XJT” churning

away on the LF side.

2020 UTC, 5,882 kHz, second sending, suffering from a BC station on 5,885. 2040 UTC, 5,182 kHz, third sending, over S9 with deep QSB.

18-Jan-16, Monday:- 2000 UTC, 6,982 kHz, very weak signal, unreadable, carrier went off just before 2002:30s UTC. 2020 UTC, 5,882 kHz, “981 981 981 000”, S9 carrier but with very low audio.

27-Jan-16, Wednesday:- 2020 UTC, 5,882 kHz, very low audio and BC interference, carrier off just before 2022:30s UTC.

1-Feb-16, Monday:- 2000 UTC, 7,724 kHz, “798 798 798 000”, audio low but readable.

2020 UTC, 6,924 kHz, second sending, also with low audio.

8-Feb-16, Monday:- 2000 UTC, 7,724 kHz, and 2020 UTC, 6,924 kHz, both S9, audio low but readable, “798 798 798 000”.

10-Feb-16, Wednesday:- 2000 UTC, 7,724 kHz, very weak signal, unreadable, carrier off just before 2002:30s UTC.

2020 UTC, 6,924 kHz, also very weak and unreadable.

22-Feb-16, Monday:- 2020 UTC, 6,924 kHz, second sending, “798 798 798 000”, audio low but readable.

Thursday Schedule, 2110 UTC Start:-

7-Jan-16:- 2110 UTC, 6,777 kHz, weak signal and low audio, unreadable.

2130 UTC, 5,449 kHz, S9 carrier and low audio, could just make out the “000”.

21-Jan-16:- 2110 UTC, 6,777 kHz, weak signal and low audio.

2130 UTC, 5,449 kHz, second sending, audio low but readable, “744 744 744 000”.

4-Feb-16:- 2110 UTC, 6,777 kHz, “744 744 744 000”, low audio, strong FSK signal on close frequency and an “XJT” churning away.

2130 UTC, 5,449 kHz, second sending, carrier over S9 but audio very low.

11-Feb-16:- 2110 UTC, 6,777 kHz, “744 744 744 000”, audio low, the “XJT” still in attendance.

2130 UTC, 5,449 kHz, S9 but audio low.

[Tnx PoSW]

Other’s Logs follow overleaf …………

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E07 continued ………

Sunday/Wednesday

January 2016

1800z 8194kHz 1820z 6794kHz 1840z 5294kHz

03/01 172 000 Very weak

10/01 172 000 Weak

13/01 caerreir only [1800z NRH] Weak

17/01 172 000 Weak, poor mod

20/01 172 000 Weak

24/01 172 000 Weak

27/01 172 000 Weak

31/01 Unworkable

February 2016

1800z 10219kHz 1820z 9119kHz 1840z 7519kHz

03/02 Carrier only [1800/1820z] Weak

17/02 215 000 Strong

24/02 215 000 Very strong

28/02 215 000 Fair

Monday/Wednesday

January 2016

2000z 6982kHz 2020z 5882kHz 2040z 5182kHz 04/01 981 1 914 74 57490 (unworkable) 000 Weak

06/01 981 1 914 74 57490 ... 48286 000 000 [2000/2020z unworkable] Weak

11/01 981 000 [202z BCQRM5] Fair

13/01 carrier, no mod [2000z NRH] Weak

20/01 981 000 [2000z Very low audio] Weak

27/01 981 000 [2020z NRH] Weak

February 2016

2000z 7724kHz 2020z 6942kHz 2040z 5824kHz

01/02 798 000 [Fair carrier, poor audio] Weak

03/02 NRH [2000/2020z]

08/02 798 000 Weak audio

17/02 798 000 Low audio, fair

24/02 798 000 Very strong

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Wednesday/Saturday

January 2016

0700z 8123kHz 0720z 9323kHz 0740z 1 10423kHz

09/01 134 1 123 42 29216 50219 ... 26510 73992 000 000

134 1 123 42

29216 50219 68239 38144 88342 13038 72768 75490 58901 87831

59630 39932 14128 98966 89005 32580 07427 62024 81470 44154

84081 56984 77158 89063 48426 27589 30879 43337 55913 21752

26166 81711 10562 53251 16217 75058 94326 97465 93015 55578

26510 73992 000 000 Courtesy Edd

13/01 134 1 123 42 29216 ... 73992 000 000

16/01 134 1 123 42 29216 ... 73992 000 000

30/01 134 000

February 2016

0700z 10112kHz 0720z 11112kHz 0740z 12112/13112kHz

03/02 111 000

06/02 111 000 Very strong

10/02 111 000 Very strong[Twente]

13/02 111 000 Fair

17/02 111 000

20/02 111 000 Weak

Thursday

January 2016

2110z 6777kHz 2130z 5449kHz 2150z 4483kHz

07/01 744 000 [2110z NRH] Weak

21/01 744 000 Weak

28/01 744 000 Weak

February 2016 04/02 Carrier only Very strong

11/02 744 000 Poor audio, weak

24/02 111 000 [0700z Fair, QRM3] Strong

25/02 744 000 Strong

E07a

Wednesday

January 2016

2100z 5877kHz 2120z 5277kHz 2120z 4577kHz

06/01 825 1 11602 7516 71 98360 ... 51548 000 000 Fair

13/01 825 000 Fair to strong

20/01 825 1 16663 5808 77 26844 ... 66374 000 000 [2140z V.weak] Very strong

825 1 16663 5808 77

26844 79958 85809 52670 92803 36793 33635 63414 22561 46908

12705 39705 28418 75075 30986 02873 41751 94986 32098 16763

60768 38560 57683 30121 42688 40134 26384 17716 53664 89036

34343 54495 57018 66104 84917 61362 67951 42329 31157 38006

12966 92254 59092 96674 31810 04579 33360 24453 90958 72357

85649 73928 62084 68625 39684 13171 86480 36433 00120 62920

24502 48231 26149 52328 59458 14215 55538 99730 16495 54179

67667 97854 36759 01485 62734 20334 66374

000 000 Courtesy JkC

27/01 825 000 Strong

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E07a continued ………

February 2016

03/02 825 1 16663 5808 77 26844 ... 66374 000 000 [Rpt of 20/01] Strong

10/02 825 000 Very strong. noisy

17/02 825 000 Weak, QRN2

24/02 825 000 Strong, QSB2

Thursday

January 2016

0530z 5111kHz 0550z 5811kHz 0610z 6911kHz

07/01 189 1 11602 7516 71 98360 ... 51548 000 000 Extremely strong

14/01 189 000 Very strong

21/01 189 1 16663 5808 77 26844 ... 66374 000 000 [0530z V.weak] Strong

28/01 189 000 Extremely strong

February 2016 04/02 189 1 16663 5808 77 26844 ... 66374 000 000 [Rpt of 21/01] Very strong

11/02 189 000 [0550z TTYQRM2] Very strong

18/02 189 000 Fair, QRN2

25/02 189 000 Fair and noisy

Friday

January 2016

1610z 7632kHz 1630z 6832kHz 1650z 5832kHz

01/01 688 000 Very strong

08/01 688 000 Fair

15/01 688 1 32511 613 65 34090 ... 59817 000 000 Very strong

688 1 32511 613 65

34090 44631 75042 19719 14797 62543 53517 52587 16103 24659

47798 73789 01004 26625 70083 18025 18979 63760 53649 00529

37994 72102 80314 87093 30289 94700 07375 19137 46249 25797

41255 59271 40863 37478 34805 89424 10811 41090 55301 89210

84627 33245 11117 24266 68508 49251 41495 43078 99644 53693

53791 19732 64770 40867 05686 36971 19344 94317 49911 31814

33097 44599 72959 96271 59817

000 000 Courtesy JkC

22/01 688 000 Fair

29/01 688 000 Strong

February 2016

1610z 9347kHz 1630z 8147kHz 1650z 6847kHz

05/02 318 000 Fair

12/02 318 1 61714 7921 55 47319 ... 53083 000 000 Very strong

19/02 318 000 Strong

26/02 318 1 10197 7285 71 05645 ... 93370 000 000 Fair/strong

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Saturday

January 2016

0900z 11123kHz 0920z 12123kHz 0940z 13423kHz

02/01 114 000 [0920z NRH] Fair, QSB3

09/01 114 000 [0920z NRH] Fair, noisy

16/01 114 1 32511 613 65 34095 ... 59817 000 000 [0920z NRH] Very strong

23/01 114 000 [0920z NRH Fair

30/01 114 000 Strong

February 2016

0900z 11053kHz 0920z 12153kHz 0940z 13553kHz 06/02 015 000 Fair

13/02 015 1 61714 7921 55 47319 ... 53083 000 000 [0920z QRM4 nr final, OTHR?] Strong

20/02 015 000 Very weak

27/02 015 1 10197 7285 71 06545 ... 93770 000 000 [0940z weak] Fair/strong

Of E07a PoSW writes: The two E07a schedules which I monitor continue in 2016.

Saturday Schedule, 0900 UTC Start:-

2-Jan-16:- 0900 UTC, 11,123 kHz, “114 114 114 000”, S8 SSB signal.

0920 UTC, 12,123 kHz, second sending, also S8.

9-Jan-16:- 0920 UTC, 12,123 kHz, missed 0900Z sending, “114 114 114 000”, S8.

16-Jan-16:- 0900 UTC, 11,123 kHz, full message this morning, “114 114 114 1 32511”, DK/GC “613 65” x 2, signal strength S7. 0920 UTC, 12,123 kHz, second sending, stronger, peaking S9.

0940 UTC, 13,423 kHz, third sending, also peaking S9.

6-Feb-16:- 0900 UTC, 11,053 kHz, “015 015 015 000”, weak signal down in the noise.

0920 UTC, 12,153 kHz, second sending, much stronger, peaking S8.

13-Feb-16:- 0900 UTC, 11,053 kHz, full message, “015 015 015 1 61714”, DK/GC “7921 55” x 2, much stronger signal than last time, S8 to S9.

0920 UTC, 12,153 kHz, second sending, peaking over S9.

0940 UTC, 13,553 kHz, third sending, also S9 or over.

Wednesday Schedule, 2100 UTC Start:-

6-Jan-16:- 2100 UTC, 5,877 kHz, “825 825 825 1 11602” for a full message. DK/GC “7516 71” x 2, over S9 SSB signal. 2120 UTC, 5,277 kHz, and 2140 UTC, 4,577 kHz, repeat transmissions, both S9+.

20-Jan-16:- 2100 UTC, 5,877 kHz, another full message, “825 825 825 1 16663”, DK/GC “5808 77” x 2, over S9. 2120 UTC, 5,277 kHz, and 2140 UTC, 4,577 kHz, S9+ repeats.

27-Jan-16:- 2100 UTC, 5,877 kHz, and 2120 UTC, 5,277 kHz, both S9+, “825 825 825 000”.

3-Feb-16:- 2100 UTC, 5,877 kHz, the return of the message heard on 20-Jan, “825 825 825 1 16663”, and “5808 77”.

2120 UTC, 5,277 kHz, and 2140 UTC 4,577 kHz, the repeats, all three transmissions somewhat weaker signals than usual

E11 log Jan/Feb

4505kHz 1605z 03/01 [232/00] Gert SUN

1605z 10/01 [232/00] Out 1608z S9 Malc SUN

1605z 17/01 [232/00] Out 1608z S9 Malc SUN

1605z 26/01 [232/00] Out 1608z S8 Malc TUE

1605z 31/01 [232/00] Out 1608z S9+10 Malc SUN

1605z 02/02 [232/00] Out 1608z Ed Smith TUE

1605z 07/02 [232/00] Malc SUN

1605z 09/02 [232/00] Out 1608z S5 Malc TUE

1605z 16/02 [232/00] Out 1608z Ed Smith TUE

5082kHz 1730z 07/01 [416/00] Out 1733z QSA5 QRM1 QRN2 QSB2 Thomas THU

1730z 21/01 [416/00] RNGB THU

1730z 28/01 [416/00] Out 1733z S7 Malc, JkC THU

0450z 01/02 [416/00] Out 0453z Ed Smith MON

1730z 04/02 [416/00] Out 1733z S8 Malc THU

0450z 08/02 [416/00] Out 0453z Ed Smith MON

0450z 15/02 [416/00] Out 0453z Ed Smith MON

1730z 18/02 [416/00] Out 1733z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC THU

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5409kHz 1530z 07/01 [262/00] Good RNGB THU

1530z 21/01 [262/00] Out 1533z S9 Malc THU

1530z 28/01 [262/00] Out 1533z S7 Malc , JkC THU

1530z 11/02 [262/00] Out1533z S7 Malc THU

1530z 18/02 [262/00] Gary H THU

5779kHz 0315z 27/01 [253/00] Out 0318z Strong, QRM3, QSB2 PLondon WED

0315z 28/01 [253/00] PLondon THU

0315z 10/02 [253/00] Out 0318z Very strong PLondon WED

0315z 18/02 [253/00] Out 0318z Ed Smith THU

6304kHz 2000z 01/01 [576/00] Out 2003z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC, Malc FRI

2000z 22/01 [576/00] Out 2003z QSA4 QRM1 QSB3 JkC FRI

2000z 12/02 [576/00] Out 2003z S5 Malc FRI

2000z 19/02 [576/00] Out 2003z QSA3 QRM1 QSB1 JkC FRI

6940kHz 0820z 11/01 [438/00] RNGB MON

0820z 21/01 [438/00] RNGB THU

0820z 04/02 [438/00] RNGB THU

0820z 08/02 [438/00] Out 0823z Ed Smith MON

0820z 22/02 [438/00] Fair RNGB MON

7840kHz 0645z 07/01 [517/00] Out 0648z Ed Smith THU

0645z 12/01 [517/00] Out 0648z Ed Smith TUE

0645z 21/01 [517/00] Good RNGB THU

0645z 02/02 [517/00] RNGB TUE

0645z 16/02 [517/00] Out 0648z Ed Smith TUE

7984kHz 1205z 05/01 [469/00] Fair RNGB TUE

1205z 12/01 [469/00] Out 1208z Ed Smith, Malc TUE

1205z 19/01 [469/00] Out 1208z S2 Malc TUE

1205z 20/01 [469/00] Out 1208z S3 Malc WED

1205z 02/02 [469/00] Out 1208z Ed Smith TUE

1205z 03/02 [469/00] RNGB WED

1205z 09/02 [469/00] Out 1208z S9 Malc TUE

1205z 10/02 [469/00] Out 1208z S5 Malc WED

8196kHz 1450z 11/02 [441/00] Good RNGB THU

1450z 16/02 [441/00] Out 1453z Ed Smith TUE

1450z 18/02 [441/00] RNGB THU

9443kHz 1705z 02/01 [392/00] Out 1708z S9 Malc SAT

1705z 06/01 [392/00] Out 1708z QSA3 QRM1 QSB1 JkC WED

1705z 09/01 [392/00] Fair RNGB SAT

1705z 13/01 [392/00] Out 1708z S4 Malc WED

1705z 16/01 [392/00] Out 1708z S3 Malc SAT

1705z 27/01 [392/00] Gary H, Malc WED

1705z 10/02 [392/00] Out 1708z S9+10 Malc WED

1705z 13/02 [392/00] Out 1708z Ed Smith SAT

1705z 17/02 [392/00] Out 1708z QSA3 QRM1 QSB1 JkC WED

1705z 24/02 [392/00] Out 1708z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC WED

9446kHz 0830z 01/01 [649/00] Out 0833z S2 Malc FRI

0830z 04/01 [649/00] Good RNGB MON

0900z 04/01 [534/00] Good RNGB MON

0830z 18/01 [649/00] RNGB MON

0900z 20/01 [534/00] RNGB WED

0830z 22/01 [649/00] Out 0833z S4 Malc FRI

0830z 25/01 [649/00] Out 0833z S8 Malc MON

0900z 25/01 [534/00] Good RNGB, Malc MON

0830z 29/01 [649/00] Out 0833z Ed Smith FRI

0830z 08/02 [649/00] Out 0833z S6 Malc MON

0900z 08/02 [534/00] Out 0903z S6 Malc MON

0900z 10/02 [534/00] Out 0903z S6 Malc WED

0830z 12/02 [649/00] Out 0833z S7 Malc FRI

0900z 15/02 [534/00] Out 0903z Ed Smith MON

0900z 17/02 [534/00] Out 0903z Ed Smith WED

0830z 29/02 [649/00] Out 0833z S5 Malc MON

0900z 29/02 [534/00] Out 0903z S6 Malc MON

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9950kHz 0930z 06/01 [270/00] RNGB WED

0930z 13/01 [270/00] Out 0933z Ed Smith, Malc WED

0930z 14/01 [270/00] Out 0748z S5 Malc THU

0930z 27/01 [270/00] Out 0933z S7 Malc WED

0930z 28/01 [270/00] Out 0933z S3 Malc THU

0930z 04/02 [270/00] Out 0933z S6 Malc THU

0930z 10/02 [270/00] 0933z Ed Smith WED

0930z 11/02 [270/00] Out 0933z S7 Malc THU

0930z 18/02 [270/00] RNGB THU

10213kHz 0745z 04/01 [262/00] Out 0748z S7 Malc MON

0745z 18/01 [262/00] Out 0748z S7 Malc MON

0745z 25/01 [262/00] Out 0748z S5 Malc MON

0745z 01/02 [262/00] Out 0748z S4 Malc, Ed Smith MON

0745z 08/02 [262/00] Out 0748z S6 Malc MON

0745z 08/02 [262/00] Out 0748z Ed Smith MON

0745z 15/02 [262/00] Out 0748z Ed Smith MON

0745z 29/02 [262/00] Out 0748z S8 Malc MON

10429kHz 0805z 03/01 [311/00] RNGB SUN

0805z 06/01 [311/00] Out 0808z S8 Malc WED

0805z 13/01 [311/00] Out 0808z Ed Smith, Malc WED

0805z 17/01 [311/00] Out 0808z S5 Malc SUN

0805z 20/01 [311/00] RNGB WED

0805z 24/01 [311/00] RNGB SUN

0805z 10/02 [311/00] Out 0808z S9 Malc WED

0805z 17/02 [311/00] Out 0808z Ed Smith WED

0805z 24/02 [311/00] RNGB WED

10448kHz 1625z 03/01 [972/00] Out 1628z S2 Malc SUN

1625z 06/01 [972/00] Out 1628z QSA3 QRM1 QSB1 JkC WED

1625z 24/01 [972/00] Out 1628z S2 Malc SUN

1625z 27/01 [972/00] Gary H, Malc WED

1625z 31/01 [972/00] Out 1628z S9 Malc SUN

1625z 03/02 [972/00] RNGB WED

1625z 07/02 [972/00] Out 1628z S4 Malc SUN

1625z 10/02 [972/00] Out 1628z S7 Malc WED

1625z 24/02 [972/00] Out 1628z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC WED

1625z 28/02 [972/00] Out 1628z S9+10 Malc SUN

10800kHz 0710z 12/01 [633/00] Out 0713z Ed Smith TUE

0710z 26/01 [633/00] Out 0713z S9 Malc TUE

0710z 02/02 [633/00] Out 0713z Ed Smith TUE

0710z 05/02 [633/00] Out 0713z S6 Malc FRI

0710z 16/02 [633/00] Out 0713z Ed Smith TUE

11107kHz 2005z 02/01 [363/00] Out 2008z S2 Malc SAT

2005z 13/02 [363/00] Out 2008z QSA2 QRN4 Ed Smith SAT

12153kHz 1045z 12/01 [576/00] Out 1048z Ed Smith, Malc TUE

1045z 19/01 [576/00] RNGB TUE

1045z 09/02 [576/00] Out 1048z S7 Malc TUE

1045z 16/02 [576/00] Out 1048z Ed Smith TUE

12924kHz 0710z 09/01 [491/00] Out 0712z QSA1 Ed Smith SAT

0710z 28/01 [491/00] Out 0713z QSA2 Ed Smith THU

0710z 04/02 [491/00] RNGB THU

0710z 11/02 [491/00] Good RNGB THU

13046kHz 0600z 29/01 [181/00] Out 0603z Ed Smith FRI

0600z 01/02 [181/00] Out 0603z QSA2 Ed Smith MON

0600z 15/02 [181/00] Out 0603z Ed Smith MON

14666kHz 1345z 02/01 [911/00] Weak RNGB SAT

1345z 12/01 [911/00] Out 1348z Ed Smith, Malc TUE

1345z 23/01 [911/00] Out 1348z S7 Malc SAT

1345z 26/01 [911/00] Out 1348z S6 Malc TUE

1345z 30/01 [911/00] Out 1348z Ed Smith SAT

1345z 02/02 [911/00] Out1348z Ed Smith TUE

1345z 06/02 [911/00] Out 1348z S7 Malc SAT

1345z 09/02 [911/00] Out 1348z S9 Malc TUE

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15632kHz 1540z 03/01 [228/00] Out 1543z S1 Malc SUN

1540z 04/01 [228/00] Out 1543z S2 Malc MON

1540z 21/02 [228/00] Good RNGB SUN

1540z 28/02 [228/00] Out 1543z S8 Malc SUN

1540z 29/02 [228/00] Out 1543z S2 Malc MON

16112kHz 0745z 07/01 [335/00] Out 0748z S2 Malc TUE

0745z 26/01 [335/00] Out 0748z S2 Malc TUE

0745z 28/01 [335/00] Out 0748z S2 Malc THU

0730z 29/01 [352/00] Out 0733z Ed Smith FRI

0745z 04/02 [335/00] Out 0748z S2 Malc THU

0730z 05/02 [352/00] Out 0733z S2 Malc FRI

0745z 09/02 [335/00] Out 0748z S2 Malc TUE

0745z 11/02 [335/00] Out 0748z S9 Malc THU

0730z 12/02 [352/00] Out 0713z Ed Smith FRI

0745z 16/02 [335/00] Out 0748z Ed Smith TUE

18030kHz 1300z 12/01 [133/00] Out 1303z S3 Malc TUE

1300z 13/01 [133/00] Out 1303z S9 Malc WED

1300z 19/01 [133/00] Out 1303z S2 Malc TUE

1300z 20/01 [133/00] Out 1303z S2 Malc WED

1300z 26/01 [133/00] Out 1303z S2 Malc TUE

1300z 27/01 [133/00] Out 1303z S2 Malc WED

1300z 09/02 [133/00] Out 1303z S8 Malc TUE

1300z 10/02 [133/00] Out 1303z S9+10 Malc WED

20167kHz 1225z 08/02 [521/00] Out 1228z Ed Smith MON

1225z 15/02 [521/00] Strong RNGB MON

E11a log Jan/Feb

4505kHz 1605z 19/01 [236/38 25738 99485 50281 05721 46717 00981 52240 25435………60013 48958] JkC, Malc TUE

1605z 24/01 [236/38 25738……etc] Out 1615z Repeat of Tuesday Malc SUN

1605z 23/02 [233/37 17508 41547 42015 49367 05149 93649 27458……18967 22540] Out 1615z JkC TUE

1605z 28/02 [233/37 17508 ……etc] Repeat of Tuesday Malc SUN

5082kHz 1730z 14/01 [413/35 01897 76090 85855 71053 28789 51957 71423 15629……19168 26298] Malc THU

0450z 22/02 [413/39 24786 05660 70172 72733 19232 26078 42858 99075……49603 21929] Out 0500z EdSmith MON

1730z 25/02 [413/39 24786 ... 21929] Out 1740z Repeat of Monday QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC THU

5409kHz 1530z 14/01 [262/38 69483 49377 06538 15243 30808 85206 33462 ……44343 10387] RNGB, Malc THU

1530z 25/02 [267/37 72296 ... 88928] Out 1539z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC THU

5779kHz 0315z 07/01 [255/35 A 88815 ... 69714] Out 0325z Fair, QSB to nil PLondon THU

0315z 03/02 [252/32 09042 34262 03472 90041 32288 67253 61847 05583......51551 19502] Out 0524z Ed Smith WED

6304kHz 2000z 08/01 [577/40 49554 89124 95164 70207 69156 69175 82045……04757 62419] Out 2011z S2 Malc FRI

6940kHz 0820z 15/02 [432/30 65981 70039 94983 34536 20650 04906 28911……72378 64721] RNGB MON

0820z 18/02 [432/30 65981……etc] Repeat of Monday RNGB THU

7840kHz 0645z 28/01 [518/36 22937 69976 01827 22752 50622 53771 57126 33620.......15092 32510] Out 0654z Ed Smith THU

0645z 09/02 [512/34 57878 98480 10730 30281 28276 21317 43194 87313.......22748 38084] Out 0655z Ed Smith TUE

7984kHz 1205z 26/01 [461/35 27610…………….72686] Out 1214z S3 Malc TUE

1205z 27/01 [461/35 27610…..etc] Repeat of Tuesday Malc WED

1205z 16/02 [464/34 60978 51045 30277 45872 59909 37898 91458 07838.......17878 07065] Out 1214z Ed Smith TUE

8196kHz 1450z 23/02 [449/33 03207 92960 35572 72269 13144 47398 44976……10678 17396] Out 1500z JkC TUE

1450z 25/02 [449/33 03207 ... 17396] Repeat of Tuesday QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC THU

8680kHz 1304z 25/02 [I/P ...55755 35269 10333 96724 36517 35763 25794 32500 39350…… 02169 33766] JkC THU

9443kHz 1705z 20/01 [396/35 90335 09850 90671 54322 19093 26409 86901……63145 15408] BC QRM RNGB WED

1705z 23/01 [396/35 90335……etc] Repeat of Wednesday Malc SAT

9443kHz 1705z 06/02 [394/39 35259 17199 13723 52703 83930 80851 68722……95534 80671] Out 1715z S9+20 Ed Smith, Malc SAT

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9446kHz 0830z 11/01 [469/36 59899……………..36232] Out 0839z S4 Malc MON

0900z 11/01 [537/39 06932 31585 65917 66013 76077 90769 98247 42577……etc] Fair RNGB MON

0900z 13/01 [537/39 06932 31585 65917 66013 76077 90769 98247......19371 55387] Out 0910z Ed Smith WED

0830z 15/01 [649/36 59899…………..36232] Repeat of Wednesday Malc FRI

0830z 01/02 [641/36 24345 07185 99012 08498 86931 78788 93908……75566 44700] RNGB, Malc MON

0900z 01/02 [537/32 53131 47998 60937 35486 17063 42126 47623 22234……83294 50595] RNGB, Malc MON

0900z 03/02 [537/32 53131 47998........83294 50595] Out 0909z Ed Smith WED

0830z 05/02 [641/36 24345…..etc] Repeat of Monday S7 Malc FRI

9950kHz 0930z 20/01 [278/39 72174 04976 56182 91946 77067 17416 93415 14305……75722 38679] Good RNGB WED

10213kHz 0745z 11/01 [262/38 69483 49377 06538 15243 30808 85206 33462……44343 10387] Good RNGB MON

0745z 22/02 [267/37 72296 14246 39768 91040 37420 64966 49781……87194 88928] Out 0754z Ed Smith MON

10429kHz 0805z 27/01 [311/35 85411………….34659] Out 0815z S8 QSB4 Malc WED

0805z 03/02 [313/36 07803 32968 85801 39172 43831 45887 36233...... 61994 94866 OUT] 0815z RNGB, Ed Smith WED

10448kHz 1625z 13/01 [974/39 18314 58926 73058 85045 79092 05817 34677......87096 61689] Out 1635z JkC WED

1625z 17/01 [974/39 18314…..etc} Repeat of Wednesday Malc SUN

1625z 17/02 [976/40 47883 33777 74722 67109 99494 30896 48455 82361……64828 71560] JkC WED

1625z 21/02 [976/40 47883……etc] Repeat of Wednesday Gary H SUN

10800kHz 0710z 05/01 [634/32 26109 18586 86481 11505 41608 69882 87601 19408……97663 52210] Ary TUE

0710z 23/02 [637/36 59074 48802 51192 21331 62945 17662 18668 38849……43152 03579] Good RNGB TUE

12153khz 1045z 05/01 [577/40 49554 89124 95164 70207 69156 69175 82045 84125……04757 62419] Good RNGB TUE

1345z 16/02 [912/34 10735 07365 36011 14108 17023 22334 52193 64481.....43331 01748] Out 1354z Ed Smith TUE

13046kHz 0600z 15/01 [188/34 30837 94870 00476 00756 57323 60201 39034 89051.......32658 65176] Out 0610z Ed Smith FRI

0600z 08/02 [185/35 15028 77113 80977 59779 30679 53923 59744 24348.......14813 74227] Out 0609z Ed Smith MON

14666kHz 1345z 05/01 [917/37 51177…………19808] Out 1354z S9+10 Malc TUE

1345z 16/02 [912/34 10735 07365 36011 14108 17023 22334 52193…….43331 01748] Out 1354z Ed Smith TUE

15632kHz 1540z 11/01 [226/36 47683…………….08051] Out 1550z S7 Malc MON

1540z 07/02 [227/37 57581…………….03122] Out 1543z S4 Malc SUN

16112kHz 0745z 21/01 [332/34 65419……………..08929] Out 0754z S2 Malc THU

0745z 02/02 [332/36 35050 82893 21252 33438 47718 78821 17965……75448 36349] RNGB TUE

20167kHz 1225z 01/02 [524/37 50933 38024 89858 22756 42492 44640 05752 02232......49851 0985] Out 1234z Ed Smith MON

1225z 05/02 [524/37 50933 38024 ...... 49851 09855] Out 1235z Repeat of Monday Ed Smith FRI

E17z

Thursday

January 2016

0800z 11170kHz 0810z 9820kHz 07/01 674 251 8 48075 38765 ...... 65904 00000 [NRH UK] fm Netherlands

14/01 674 251 8 48075 38765 84829 85551 90045 99375 00015 65904 00000 Weak

21/01 Too weak Unworkable

28/01 674 201 5 34888 ... 43391 201 5 00000

February 2016

04/02 Unworkable

11/02 674 305 8 69733 74537 57440 10597 33535 47660 93883 69901 305 8 00000 Weak

18/02 674 289 5 38034 37823 38230 48235 38702 289 5 00000

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E25

There was a Possible E25 test on 9600 kHz:

9600kHz1237z 28/02 Oriental music i.p., also at Twente SDR, 1230z tone and QRT, AM, QSA5 MG SUN

6140kHz1233z 10/01[672] 1234z i.p. call only, AM weak, MG SUN

Unusual transmission time for 6140kHz.

6140kHz0800z 03/02[360 1080 7221 4004 0696 3572 3017 7221 9405] 0805z AM Weak MG WED

6140kHz 0944z 21/02[350 5176 4960 2021 7415 5074 4033 2318 8546 9537 7295 5553 4960] Started early at 0940z, stopped

during repeat at 0943z. Proper session started at 0944z, EOM EOT at 0947z, carrier left up till 0956z. YL, AM QSA3 QSB3, MG SUN

6140kHz0900z 24/02[111 MESSAGE 6X11 0570 2060 0055 69X5 0570 REBEAT 6X11] 0902z AM Edd WED

6140kHz0915z 24/02[111 MESSAGE 6311 0570 2060 0055 6935 0570 REBEAT 6311] 0917z AM Edd WED

6140kHz0917z 24/02[950 MESSAGE 2011 7541 1911 0424 3728 8080 5329] 0917z AM Edd WED

6140kHz0919z 24/02[950 MESSAGE 2011 7541 1911 0424 3728 8080 9329 2554 1021 93X6 1511 REBEAT] 0920z AM Edd WED

9450kHz1114z 23/02[880 889 6211 3001 2599 7699 6365 86... QRT] 1116z YL QRT during msg, AM QSA5, MG TUE

E25a

9450 kHz1215z 04/02[830 1] 1227z "Inte Omri", YL, ended "Mx3", "830 1" x2, "EOM EOT", AM QSA5 MG THU

9450kHz 1215z 25/02[830 20] off-frequency carrier (~ +350Hz) and "Inte Omri" song at 1209z, offset gone at 1218z, YL ended with EOM 8 EOT at 1220z, QRT at 1221z, AM QSA5, MG THU

G06

Second + Fourth Thursdays in the Month Schedule, 1830 UTC Start - although, as with the related E06 English Man schedules, usually starts well before the half-hour:-

14-Jan-16:- 4,519 kHz, in progress with “271” call when tuned in just after 1828 UTC, difficult copy at times due to strong “XJT” STANAG,

whatever, on the HF side, and a big surprise because the message did not consist of the usual twenty 5F groups which has been the norm with this schedule for perhaps a couple of years. DK/GC “215 215 24 24”, “32144 90049 99927.... ”. So something a bit unusual, then.

11-Feb-16:- 4,519 kHz, call “271”, DK/GC “613 613 15 15”, so another deviation from the usual behaviour of this schedule, fifteen 5F groups, a cut down version of the long-standing “14259 22676.... ”, finishing with group number fifteen, “36664”. A clear frequency,

no sign of the “XJT” which carved up this frequency on 14-January.

Friday 1930 UTC Following the Second + Fourth Thursdays in the Month - early starts also a feature with this schedule:-

15-Jan-16:- 4,792 kHz, call “436” started when tuned in after 1928 UTC, DK/GC “271 271 20 20”, followed by the ever popular, “14259 22676 32782 32782.... ” sequence. S9 signal on a clear frequency.

29-Jan-16:- 4,792 kHz, started shortly after 1928 UTC, “436” and “271 271 20 20”, 5Fs as on the 15th.

12-Feb-16:- 4,792 kHz, call “436”, DK/GC “701 701 20 20”, the 5F message starting “37839 35787 98273..... ”, used many times in the past,

certainly in the first nine months of 2015 but not so much since then. Started about 30 seconds before the half-hour.

First + Second Mondays in the Month 1700 + 1800 UTC Schedule:-

11-Jan-16:- 1801 UTC, 4,562 kHz, “574 574 574 00000”, weak signal, probably started well before the hour because it stopped just before 1802 UTC. Unable to find a transmission at 1700 UTC.

1-Feb-16:- 1659 UTC, 3,696 kHz, first sending found in progress, “574 574 574 00000”, S7 to S8 inside the 80 metre amateur band, stopped 1702 UTC.

1758 UTC, 4,562 kHz, second sending starting two minutes before the hour.

8-Feb-16:- 1700 and 15 seconds UTC, started a bit late for a change, 3,696 kHz, “574 574 574 00000”, peaking S9, strong amateur SSB activity on

close frequency.

1800 UTC, 4,562 kHz, second sending, S9, strong “XJT” on HF side.

[Tnx PoSW]

Other’s logs:

Monday

January 2016

0800z 5320kHz

04/01 329 00000 Weak

18/01 329 00000 Weak

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G06 continued …………

February 2016 01/02 329 00000 Strong

January 2016

1658z 3696kHz 1758z 4562kHz 04/01 574 00000 Weak

11/01 574 00000 Fair

February 2016 01/02 574 00000 [111 test at 1652 and 1739z] Strong

08/02 574 00000 Strong, QRM

15/02 320 00000

Wednesday

January 2016

1200z 4912kHz 1300z 4039kHz

13/01 574 00000 [1300z NRH] Weak

February 2016 03/02 574 00000 [1300z NRH] Very weak

10/02 574 00000

Thursday

January 2016

1300z 4460kHz

21/01 329 00000 Early, Weak

February 2016

18/02 329 00000 Weak

January 2016

1830z 4519kHz 14/01 271 015 24 30144 ... 35449 015 24 00000 Weak

At 1752z there was a single „111“, at 1803z „she“ said „111 11“ and at 1822 there was „111 1“ before the regular transmission started irregularly too early.

271 015 24

32144 90049 99927 83591 58271 54424 64075 37801 75361 67479

75779 52862 42956 65581 69906 35108 52400 24068 98414 96084

30025 69145 74845 35749

015 24 00000 Courtesy JkC 28/01 271 271 20 14259 ... 12250 271 20 00000 Strong

February 2016

11/02 271 613 15 14259 ... 36664 613 15 00000 Very strong

25/02 271 613 15 14259 ... 36664 613 15 00000

271 613 15

14259 22676 32782 32782 76723

89409 12215 74326 64070 90235

38085 59543 12319 74238 36664

613 15 00000 Courtesy JkC

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G06 continued …………..

Friday

January 2016

1930z 4792kHz 29/01 436 271 20 14259 ... 12250 271 20 00000 Up early1928z Strong

February 2016

12/02 436 701 20 ????? ... 04594 701 20 000 000 Strong

S06 et al [PoSW’s Observations]

Into 2016, and it appears that one S06 schedule which has not survived into the New Year is the weekly Saturday 1600 or 1605 UTC transmission,

or at least I have not been able to find it at either start time. This one had been around for years, I think for as long as I have been following the number station scene. In the last two months of 2015 it was on either 6,778 kHz at 1600 UTC or on 5,073 kHz at 1605 UTC with call “491” and

had been four minutes of “no message” for some time. It was usually a good signal and no problem to find. I would expect it to be in the same

part of the short-wave spectrum, but no sign of it so far. On the plus side, an occasional schedule - in the sense that it has appeared before for a few weeks at a time - with call “480” at 1700 and 1730 UTC has turned up again in January. So onto schedules which have been logged in the

first months of 2016:-

First + Third Saturdays in the Month 2000 + 2100 UTC Schedule:-

2-Jan-16:- 2100 UTC, 3,513 kHz, weak signal inside 80 metre amateur band surrounded by CW, “614 614 614 00000”. Unable to find a sending at 2000Z, but at least we know this schedule is running in the New Year.

16-Jan-16:- 2000 UTC, 4,031 kHz, the first sending, “614 614 614 00000”, I don't know how I missed this on the 2nd, S8 to S9 on a clear frequency.

2100 UTC, 3,513 kHz, second sending, S7, stronger than last time, again surrounded by amateur Morse.

20-Feb-16:- 2000 UTC, 4,031 kHz, “614 614 614 00000”, S7 to S8.

2100 UTC, 3,513 kHz, second sending, weak signal, down in the local noise QRM which starts to become a problem at these low frequencies.

First + Third Fridays in the Month 2000 + 2100 UTC Schedule - (or 1900 + 2000 UTC because this one sometimes moves back or forth by an

hour for reasons not connected with the seasonal changes of the clocks) :- 15-Jan-16:- 2100 UTC, 5,733 kHz, “761 761 761 00000”, must be the second sending, nothing found at 2000Z but must be between one and two

MHz higher in frequency.

Sure enough, this one moved by one hour in February. Since in the previous month a transmission had been found at 2100Z it was reasonable to

assume that the first sending would be at 2000Z on a higher frequency, but:-

5-Feb-16:- 2000 UTC, 5,736 kHz:- “761 761 761 00000”, actually found at about 2002 UTC, having spent a fruitless couple of minutes searching higher up the band for the first sending before wondering if there had been a one-hour shift;

and so it proved to be so I guess the first sending would have been at 1900Z this evening.

19-Feb-16:- 1900 UTC, 7,812 kHz, the first sending, just a little bit higher in frequency than I thought it would be, “761 761 761 00000”, S6 to S7.

2000 UTC, 5,736 kHz, the second sending, also about S6 to S7.

Sunday + Tuesday 1700 + 1730 UTC Schedule:-

17-Jan-16, Sunday:- 1702 UTC, 6,774 kHz, a surprise find whilst idly tuning around on a cold English winter's evening not really expecting to discover anything of interest. S06 Man

calling “480”, then DK/GC “269 269 41 41”. Strong signal, in carrier suppressed mode

or at least carrier greatly reduced, receiver needed to be in USB mode for clear copy. Ended before 1712 UTC. 1730 UTC, 5,436 kHz, second sending, also carrier suppressed or reduced, peaking S9.

This “480” schedule has been heard in the past at these times, puts in appearance for a few weeks then goes away. Was logged in 2015 in March

on 7,827 + 6,793 kHz and in April on 10,867 + 7,473 kHz.

19-Jan-16, Tuesday:- 1700 UTC, 6,774 kHz, call “480”, DK/GC “735 735 44 44”, S8 to S9.

1730 UTC, 5,436 kHz, second sending, both transmissions with carrier this time to make them more or less AM compatible.

24-Jan-16, Sunday:- 1700 UTC, 6,774 kHz, call “480”, DK/GC “912 912 44 44”, signal strength peaking S9.

1730 UTC, 5,436 kHz, second sending, S6 to S7 at first but quickly came up to S9.

26-Jan-16, Tuesday:- 1700 UTC, 6,768 kHz, a slight drop in frequency, SSB suppressed carrier mode, “480” and DK/GC “637 637 44 44”.

1730 UTC, 5,436 kHz, second sending, also SSB, weaker FSK signal on a close frequency. 31-Jan-16, Sunday:- 1700 UTC, 6,774 kHz, in SSB carrier suppressed mode, S9+, very strong signal, “480” as always, DK/GC “192 192 45 45”.

1730 UTC, 5,436 kHz, second sending, over S9 for most of the time.

2-Feb-16, Tuesday:- a change of frequencies for a new month, no sign of “480” on 6,774, plus or minus, at 1700Z promotes activation of “lost

contact procedure”;-

1702 UTC, 8,187 kHz, found with call-up in progress, still “480”, DK/GC “657 657 41 41”, transmitted with carrier, none of the background noise which was noticeable throughout January, S9 signal.

1730 UTC, 6,779 kHz, second sending, close to a strong “XJT”, much reduced with the receiver in USB mode.

7-Feb-16, Sunday:- 1700 UTC, 8,187 kHz, “480” as always, DK/GC “391 391 40 40”, signal strength varying between S6 to S9, “with carrier” mode.

1730 UTC, 6,779 kHz, second sending, very strong signal, S9+, and this time carrier suppressed USB.

9-Feb-16, Tuesday:- 1700 UTC, 8,187 kHz, DK/GC “726 726 44 44”.

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1730 UTC, 6,779 kHz, second sending, both transmissions in carrier suppressed mode.

14-Feb-16, Sunday:- 1700 UTC, 8,187 kHz, DK/GC “139 139 45 45”, over S9, with carrier.

1730 UTC, 6,779 kHz, also S9 with carrier.

16-Feb-16, Tuesday:- 1700 UTC, DK/GC “567 567 42 42”, well over S9, with carrier.

1730 UTC, 6,779 kHz, second sending, the “XJT” on the LF side very strong this evening.

This seems to be the end of “480”, not found on Sunday 21-Feb or on Tuesday the 23rd.

S06s YL:-

Monday 0900 + 0910 UTC Schedule, Call “872”:-

4-Jan-16:- 0900 UTC, 14,675 kHz, DK/GC “941 941 5 5”, weak signal, difficult copy, “65656 53735 61088 02440 5??54”. 0910 UTC, 12,830 kHz, second sending, way down in the noise, largely unreadable.

11-Jan-16:- 0900 UTC, 14,675 kHz, DK/GC “941 941 5 5”, “65656 53735 61088 02440 59354”, same as last week then. 0910 UTC, 12,830 kHz, second sending, very weak signal.

18-Jan-16:- 0900 UTC, 14,675 kHz, DK/GC “914 914 5 5”, “31900 48366 36534 32840 48436”, S6 with deep QSB. 0910 UTC, 12,830 kHz, second sending, as always very weak signal.

1-Feb-16:- 0900 UTC, 14,675 kHz, DK/GC “964 964 5 5”, “31704 91596 47308 92107 40398”, S6 to S7. 0910 UTC, 12,830 kHz, second sending, weak signal.

Tuesday 0730 + 0740 UTC Schedule, Call “427”:-

19-Jan-16:- 0740 UTC, 11,532 kHz, missed 0730Z sending, DK/GC “850 850 6 6”, “46062 68672 97478 39685 30485 96632”, S9 signal.

26-Jan-16:- 0730 UTC, 7,410 kHz, “850 850 6 6”, and 5Fs as on the 19th. S5 to S7.

0740 UTC, 11,532 kHz, second sending, peaking S8 with deep QSB.

16-Feb-16:- 0730 UTC, 7,410 kHz, something a bit strange here, the 5Fs were the same as when I last remembered to tune into this one on 26-

January - the same six 5F groups - but I read the D/K as “508”, and not “850” as was the case then. A distinct pause between the fifth 5F, “30485” and the sixth and final 5F, “96632”. S9 signal.

0740 UTC, 11,532 kHz, S9+, very strong. Unusually, the carrier stayed on for a while after the end, came up with an audio tone at 0747 UTC before

going off air just before 0748.

23-Feb-16:- 0734 UTC, 7,410 kHz, tuned in late having lost track of the time over the Shredded Wheat and coffee, caught the last 5Fs and ending, “

….. 39685 30485 96632 508 508 6 6 00000”, looks like the same message as last Tuesday. 0740 UTC, 11,532 kHz, second sending, message confirmed as same as last time.

Wednesday 1000 + 1010 UTC Schedule, Call “729”:-

13-Jan-16:- 1000 UTC, 12,365 kHz, DK/GC “536 536 8 8”, a larger number of 5F groups than with most S06s transmissions, “33365 47183 81436

36388 94323 45547 48082 39581”, S6 to S7. 1010 UTC, 14,280 kHz, second sending inside the 20 metre amateur band. Didn't the RSGB used to run something called the “intruder watch” at one

time to report and make protests to the appropriate authorities over this kind of thing?

20-Jan-16:- 1000 UTC, 12,365 kHz, DK/GC “503 503 6 6”, “37391 37446 86535 89203 33244 39054”.

1010 UTC, 14,280 kHz, second sending over-riding an amateur SSB QSO.

27- Jan-16:- 1000 UTC, 12,365 kHz, “503 503 6 6” and same 5Fs as last Wednesday, S9 signal.

1010 UTC, 14,280 kHz, second sending, S8 with deep QSB.

3-Feb-16:- 1000 UTC, 12,365 kHz, DK/GC “516 516 8 8”, peaking S9, 5Fs “48992 45648 34061 83314 33623 37319 37717 48130”.

1010 UTC, 14,280 kHz, second sending, signal varying between S6 and S9.

17-Feb-16:- 1000 UTC, 12,365 kHz, DK/GC “403 403 5 5”, “45326 30478 39686 37977 32397”, S7.

1010 UTC, 14,280 kHz, second sending, weaker signal, several amateur stations taking countermeasures, whistling into the microphone and shouts of

“QSY from this frequency” heard.

24-Feb-16:- 1000 UTC, 12,365 kHz, DK/GC “403 403 5 5”, 5Fs the same as last Wednesday. S9+, very strong signal.

1010 UTC, 14,280 kHz, second sending, also S9+, over-riding weaker amateur stations on frequency.

Thursday 0900 + 0910 UTC Schedule, Call “167”:-

7-Jan-16:- 0900 UTC, 12,952 kHz, DK/GC “843 843 5 5”, “74931 48720 75920 66839 11534”, S9+, very strong signal.

0910 UTC, 13,565 kHz, second sending, also S9+.

14-Jan-16:- 0900 UTC, 12,952 kHz, DK/GC “843 843 5 5”, and 5Fs same as last time. S9+

signal.

0910 UTC, 13,565 kHz, second sending, S9+.

4-Feb-16:- 0900 UTC, 12,952 kHz, DK/GC “250 250 8 8”, “82707 06123 22536 88280 84116 53718 78927 34694”, over S9.

0911 UTC - no voice heard until 0911 - 13,565 kHz, second sending, S9+.

11-Feb-16:- 0900 UTC, 12,952 kHz, same message as on the 4th.

Thursday 1200 + 1210 UTC Schedule, Call “425”:-

7-Jan-16:- 1200 UTC, 12,155 kHz, DK/GC “819 819 6 6”, “74930 88925 77401 63789 00134 56472”, not too strong, S6 at best.

1210 UTC, 10,920 kHz, or rather 1212 UTC because there was a wide-band S9+ buzz over this part of the short-wave spectrum which made copy of

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S06s impossible, someone's Over The Horizon Radar, perhaps? But at 1212 UTC the owners must have pulled the big switch because it went off

suddenly, leaving the second sending clear at a reasonable S7.

21-Jan-16:- 1200 UTC, 12,155 kHz, DK/GC “801 801 6 6”, “48318 32229 43306 80458 36533 34067”, S9+, very strong signal.

1210 UTC, 10,920 kHz, second sending, over S9.

28-Jan-16:- 1200 UTC, 12,155 kHz, “801 801 6 6”, 5Fs the same as on the 21st. S9+ signal.

1210 UTC, 10,920 kHz, second sending, peaking S9.

4-Feb-16:- 1200 UTC, 12,155 kHz, DK/GC “830 830 6 6”, “33365 47183 81326 36388 94323 45547”, S9+ very strong signal.

1210 UTC, 10,920 kHz, second sending, S8 to S9.

Friday 0930 + 0940 UTC Schedule, Call “516”:-

1-Jan-16:- 0930 UTC, 11,780 kHz, DK/GC “248 248 7 7”, “11171 64385 82707 06123 22536 88280 84116”, S9+ signal.

0940 UTC, 12,570 kHz, second sending, also S9+.

8-Jan-16:- 0930 UTC, 11,780 kHz, DK/GC and 5Fs same as last time. S9 signal over-riding a weaker broadcast station inside what is generally

regarded as the 25 metre BC band.

0940 UTC, 12,570 kHz, second sending, S7 to S8.

22-Jan-16:- 0930 UTC, 11,780 kHz, DK/GC “289 289 7 7”, 5Fs “46062 68672 97478 39685

30485 96632 52537”, S7. 0940 UTC, 12,570 kHz, second sending, peaking S8.

29-Jan-16:- 0930 UTC, 11,780 kHz, “516 516 516 00000”, “no message” says, “Young Olga”. S9+, very strong signal. 0939 UTC, 12,570 kHz, started about one minute early, second sending, also S9+.

5-Feb-16:- 0930 UTC, 11,780 kHz, DK/GC “928 928 7 7”, “33796 13577 74526 46647 79302 53516 25616”, S7 with weaker BC station underneath.

0940 UTC, 12,570 kHz, second sending, S8.

12-Feb-16:- 0930 UTC, 11,780 kHz, DK/GC “928 928 7 7”, and 5Fs the same as last time.

S9+, very strong signal this morning.

0940 UTC, 12,570 kHz, second sending, also S9+.

19-Feb-16:- 0930 UTC, 11,780 kHz, DK/GC “298 298 7 7”, DK/GC “77620 58069 61732 74537 57440 10597 23521”, over S9.

0940 UTC, 12,570 kHz, second sending, also over S9.

S06 log January 2016

Daily Mon- Fri 0400z 15721kHz

No reports

Thursdays (Repeats following day) 0830z kHz 0930zkHz 13469kHz (frequencies may vary slightly)

07/01 ‘824’ NRH

14/01 ‘824’ 605 39 31965 44414 23019 23948 23597 99338 02856 56114 84016 72706 92752 54384 86784 81033 93822 91977 11255 62369 77738

09360 45276 58568 41827 08473 50102 08589 19344 22850 04698 38778 74603 12039 71627 61051 37674 53788 51710 14932 58294 605 39 00000

21/01 ‘824’ 137 40 40282 03586 86850 58236 22048 58338 65146 46888 23705 21427 68565 73675 55236 12655 20609 53549 53577 02624 78850

72203 11328 50007 90053 05427 92270 72907 15706 90507 07145 21483 63893 29380 48113 44028 88468 28191 05361 63702 41432 02984 137 40 00000

Fridays (1st & 3rd) 2000z 7812kHz 2100z 5736kHz (frequencies may vary slightly)

01/01 ‘761’ 00000

15/01 ‘761’ 00000

Saturdays (1st/2nd/3rd and 4th) 1600z kHz or 1605z kHz

Saturdays (1st/3rd) 2000z 4031kHz 2100z 3513kHz (frequencies may vary slightly)

02/01 ‘614’ 00000

16/01 ‘614’ 00000

Ad hock training net ?

06/01 8161kHz 1711z ‘480’ 793 48 02233…..54890 793 48 00000] 1713z QSA4 JkC WED 6968kHz 1730z ‘480’ 793 48 02233…..54890 793 48 00000] 1743z QSA4 JkC WED

See transcript

Transcript

‘480’ 793 48 02233 32666 02585 01921 66086 88729 54680 04965 79335 25984 41166 70541 92449 13303 85017 16590 36384 51092 13958 39941

74423 34229 30007 61753 67546 19795 69197 29868 40529 18027 92425 68208 21206 48133 98220 41359 58310 86475 50996 72436 47109 34818 96901 58261 82515 27048 56151 54890 793 48 00000

13/01 5436kHz 1740z ‘480’ ……..58228 64164 573 48 00000] 1743z JkC THU See transcript

It looks as though S06 is another net re-using groups. GR35-48 of the in progress transmission today are the same as GR10-23 of a 2014 ID 480 transmission (reproduced below):

S06 7361kHz 1730z 18/03/14

‘480’ 193 42 85415 05660 12561 99127 26660 43262 00411 46085 73746 95785

34200 61430 26548 96964 43742 38222 82233 19822 36036 44229

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96640 58228 64164 97053 71641 44441 06586 08875 20979 70370

05853 69226 10439 27337 32993 35938 53868 48569 32626 22126 84886 91515 193 42 00000

19/01 6774kHz 1700z 19/01 ‘480’ 735 44 64950 ... 96901 735 44 00000] 1712z JkC TUE See transcript

5436kHz 1730z 19/01 ‘480’ 735 44 64950 ... 96901 735 44 00000] 1742z JkC TUE

‘480’ 735 44 26084 47466 34377 10233 10401 79513 57755 49501 13643 28472 84385 02233 32666 02585 01921 66086 88729

54680 04965 79335 25984 41166 70541 92449 13303 85017 16590 36384 51092 13958 72436 47109 34818 96901

735 44 00000 This message is the same as 17/02/2015 with a different DK. Also, GR01-19 of S06 06/01/2016 are the same as 22-40 of this message. (Thanks Jim)

26/01 6768kHz 1700z 26/01 ‘480’ 637 44 78430.....43347 637 44 00000] 1712z JkC TUE Moved down 9kHz. See transcript

26/01 5436kHz 1730z 26/01 ‘480’ 637 44 78430……etc]

‘480’ 637 44 78430 31192 49124 23068 95405 58261 82515 27048 56151 54890 39941 64423 34229 30007 61753 67546 19795 69197 29868 40529

18027 92425 68208 21206 48133 98220 41359 58310 86475 50996 73201 71458 72797 15128 28810 62853 29344 45434 04714 58814

36804 26660 57159 43347 637 44 00000

S06s January log:

Sunday

3rd/10th 0630/40 13470/16515 ‘524’ 913 6 09394 76911 75155 96918 97067 58604

17th/24th ‘524’ No reports

Monday

4th/11th 0830/40 8057/8530 ‘371’ 284 5 96320 36793 53038 76342 15009

18th/25th ‘371’ 256 8 37391 37446 86525 89203 33244 39054 35843 37259

4th/11th 0900/10 14675/12830 ‘872’ 941 5 65656 53735 61088 02440 59354

18th/25th ‘872’ 914 5 31900 48366 36534 32840 48436

4th/11th 1300/10 8420/10635 ‘831’ 942 5 45847 23013 89758 52343 79628

18th/25th ‘831’ 254 6 38311 81228 33428 93171 43979 36922

Tuesday

5th/12th 0600/10 16145/14240 ‘438’ 570 6 24035 48115 24151 51902 52985 53006

19th/26th ‘438’ 526 7 31704 91596 47308 92107 40398 85417 33485

5th/12th 0700/15 5250/6320 ‘374’ 510 6 14645 80477 86200 84706 42227 61735

19th/26th ‘374’ 501 6 42169 35797 33873 39235 93515 45031

5th/12th 0730/40 7410/11537 ‘427’ 589 6 95051 13808 71909 83981 24035 48115

19th/26th ‘427’ 850 6 46062 68672 97478 n39685 30485 96632

5th/12th 0800/10 11945/13195 ‘352’ 410 6 40614 77249 40678 17976 21816 42997

19th/26th ‘352’ 810 6 52401 63919 92699 14600 47248 48754

5th/12th 1000/10 6440/5660 ‘893’ 461 5 01405 15003 24357 60583 54545

19th/26th ‘893’ 207 5 20534 11160 43494 37638 16070

5th/12th 1100/10 5035/5975 ‘754’ 298 6 80454 42729 32175 48654 89864 48446

19th/26th ‘754’ 203 6 57440 10597 23521 47660 92883 69901

5th/12th 1500/10 6845/9170 ‘537’ 498 6 88997 83755 89983 34084 86339 99811

19th/26th ‘537’ 204 6 79302 53516 25616 26069 96813 14199

Wednesday

6th/13th 0530/40 7425/9069 ‘464’ No reports

16th.23rd ‘464’ 238 5 58604 41438 02092 68362 01653

6th/13th 0820/30 8417/9262 ‘471’ 592 6 83465 46018 37387 84234 98769 46521

20th/27th ‘471’ 923 5 84498 48832 49484 49607 33446

6th/13th 0830/40 11535/11830 ‘745’ 289 6 32183 32488 89266 49920 34969 47367

20th/27th ‘745’ 231 6 80458 33282 36533 31752 33076 83233

6th/13th 1000/10 12365/14280 ‘729’ 536 8 33365 47183 81436 36388 94323 45547 48082 39581

20th/27th ‘729’ 503 6 37391 37446 86535 89203 33244 39054

Thursday

7th/14th(E17z) 0800/10 11170/9820 ‘674’ 251 8 48075 38765 84829 85551 90045 99375 00015 65904

21st/28th ‘674’ 201 5 34888 33661 37167 37671 43391

7th/14th 0900/10 5765/6315 ‘624’ 918 5 75894 00672 85411 23147 09583

21st/28th ‘624’ 831 5 34031 33430 37536 34906 39698

7th/14th 0900/10 12952/13565 ‘167’ 843 5 74931 48720 75920 66839 11534

21st/28th ‘167’ 298 5 92971 30490 46481 33987 37393

7th/14th 0930/40 8812/9540 ‘314’ 827 5 78493 00838 01653 85637 90337

21st/28th ‘314’ 286 5 11394 30307 31450 38153 39650

7th/14th 1200/10 12155/10920 ‘425’ 819 6 74930 88925 77401 63789 00134 56472

21st/28th ‘425’ 801 6 48318 32229 43306 80458 36533 34067

Friday

1st/8th 0930/40 11780/12570 ‘516’ 248 7 11171 64385 82707 06123 22536 88280 84116

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15th/22nd ‘516’ 289 7 46062 68672 97478 39685 30485 96632 52537

Saturday

2nd 1200/10 8680/8260 ‘254’ No reports

Thanks to RNGB, JkC, Malc, Ed Smith

S06 log February 2016

Daily Mon- Fri 0400z 15721kHz

No reports

Thursdays (Repeats following day) 0830z 17450kHz 0930zkHz 15614kHz (frequencies may vary slightly)

04/02 ‘842’ 537 41 02064 49896 48476 06921 94303 69028 66906 78462 76588 41521 25619 07852 75625 61912 77350 34048 37559 92649 67911 28948 11103 98460 01778 94104 74897 01915 13643 87236 13796 83609 63111 64455 73769 75428 94733 49162 50110 20300 30545 63527

88614 537 41 000000

11/02 ‘842’ 906 42 56704 76689 70507 58008 57304 36504 39879 87503 73734 42223 80359 19559 33359 92462 68997 34221 85414 53399 11645 10623 49951 22234 54055 51241 82893 71236 95820 20325 11893 45776 74327 32406 22682 14816 10911 51861 00590 97260 36417 89433

56929 12648 00000] 0941z

18/02 ‘842’ 751 43 08308 50267 21237 26125 43598 83239 33454 22707 00633 77308 64587 88856 16521 45999 72180 36882 53717/ 51221 63904 70732 37976 96744 83679 50384 37007 25288 15874 06556 32815 73905 80997 12942 21614 67371 21341 08560 07300 54224 99992 84580

11371 15191 61672 751 43 00000

25/02 ‘842’ 396 44 ????? ????? ????? ????? ????? 05395 08180 10046 75599 92144 81937 07296 46251 7785? 24975 56234 65846 81083 21223 06955 12065 01343 98735 27441 38384 48774 96973 33719 93561 85290 91209 05644 69325 06824 22502 30521 87241 21369 06678 41750

60665 02517 20747 44670 396 44 00000

Fridays (1st & 3rd) 1900z 7812kHz 2000z 5736kHz (frequencies may vary slightly)

19/02 ‘761’ 00000

Saturdays (1st/3rd) 2000z 4031kHz 2100z 3513kHz (frequencies may vary slightly)

06/02 ‘614’ 00000

20/02 ‘614’ 00000

Tuesday Training schedule? (may repeat other days) 8187kHz/6779kHz 1700z/1730z

16/02 ‘480’ 567 42 85415 05660 12561 99127 26660 43262 00411 46085 73746 95785 34200 61430 27548 96964 43742 38222 82233 19822 36036 44229

96640 58228 64164 97053 71641 44441 06586 08875 20979 70370 05853 69226 10439 27337 32993 35938 53868 48569 32626 22126 84886 91515 567 42 00000 (this is a repeat of 18/03/2014 with different DK). Thanks to JkC

S06s February log:

Sunday

7th/14th 0630/40 13470/16515 ‘524’ 830 6 41077 86907 84183 30025 37286 48992

21st/28th ‘524’ 801 6 37655 30146 34476 92326 41043 36472

Monday

1st/8th 0830/40 8057/8530 ‘371’ 542 6 93615 84408 42179 52573 39788 36311

15th/22nd ‘371’ 820 6 33796 13577 74526 46647 97302 53516

1st/8th 0900/10 14675/12830 ‘872’ 964 5 31704 91596 47308 92107 40398

15th/22nd ‘872’ 451 6 80534 11160 43494 37638 16070 48834

1st/8th 1300/10 8420/10635 ‘831’ 974 5 58936 32738 84354 84061 43245

15th/22nd ‘831’ 524 6 38449 32465 41248 37387 84244 47367

Tuesday

2nd/9th 0600/10 16145/14240 ‘438’ 569 7 88397 44942 37008 39333 48951 89083 89348

16th/23rd ‘438’ 597 6 33365 47183 81326 36388 94324 89348

2nd/9th 0700/15 5250/6320 ‘374’ 981 6 33279 44878 83314 33623 48130 (Only 5 groups sent)

16th/23rd ‘374’ 250 6 48992 45648 34061 83314 33623 37319

2nd/9th 0730/40 7410/11537 ‘427’ 953 6 46062 68672 97478 39685 30485 96632

16th/23rd ‘427’ 508 6 46062 68672 97478 39685 30485 96632

2nd/9th 0800/10 11945/13195 ‘352’ 917 6 21767 53672 11834 81022 36903 41412

16th/23rd ‘352’ 847 6 52401 63919 92 99 14600 74248 48754

2nd/9th 1000/10 6440/5660 ‘893’ 271 5 52401 63919 92699 14600 44248

16th/23rd ‘893’ 210 5 11171 64385 82707 06123 22536

2nd/9th 1100/10 5035/5975 ‘754’ 832 6 33797 13577 74526 46647 79302 53516

16th/23rd ‘754’ 890 6 37947 39747 31323 31829 47694 54123

2nd/9th 1500/10 6845/9170 ‘537’ 481 6 88620 58069 61732 74537 57440 10597

16th/23rd ‘537’ 201 6 38034 37823 38230 48235 38702 44520

Wednesday

3rd/10th 0530/40 7425/9069 ‘464’ 870 5 43873 43343 96394 88446 87183

17th/24th ‘464’ 280 5 32474 32388 49873 31492 34793

3rd/10th 0820/30 8417/9262 ‘471’ 539 6 77620 58069 61732 74537 57440 10597

17th/24th ‘471’ 520 6 74248 48754 65125 41879 84648 42036

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3rd/10th 0830/40 11535/11830 ‘745’ 213 6 11171 64385 82707 06123 22536 88280

17th/24th ‘745’ 912 6 22536 88280 84116 53718 78927 34694

3rd/10th 1000/10 12365/14280 ‘729’ 516 8 48992 45648 34061 83314 33623 37319 37717 48130

17th/24th ‘729’ 403 5 45326 30478 39686 37977 32397

Thursday

4th/11th(E17z) 0800/10 11170/9820 ‘674’ 205 8 61732 74537 57440 10597 23521 47660 92883 69901

18th/25th ‘674’ 289 5 38034 37823 38330 48235 38702

4th/11th 0900/10 5765/6315 ‘624’ 205 8 61732 74537 57440 10597 23521 47660 92883 69901

18th/25th ‘624’ 987 5 49294 38064 31724 37234 39316

4th/11th 0900/10 12952/13565 ‘167’ 250 8 82707 06123 22536 88280 84116 53718 78927 34694

18th/25th ‘167’ 498 5 37947 39947 31323 31829 47694

4th/11th 0930/40 8812/9540 ‘314’ 258 6 87183 32211 85443 34947 83434 49930

18th/25th ‘314’ 298 5 46062 68672 94478 39685 30485

4th/11th 1200/10 12155/10920 ‘425’ 830 6 33365 47183 81326 36388 94323 45547

18th/25th ‘425’ 873 6 21767 53672 11834 81022 36903 41412

Friday

5th/12th 0930/40 11780/12570 ‘516’ 928 7 33796 13577 74526 46647 79302 53516 254616

19th/26th ‘516’ 298 7 77620 58069 61732 74537 57440 10597

Saturday

6th 1200/10 8680/8260 ‘254’ NRH

Thanks to RNGB, JkC, Malc,

S11a log Jan/Feb

4828kHz 0455z 08/01 [329/32 73309 41825 29511 20290 53064 53321 31991......19720 22275] КОНЕЦ 0505z Ed Smith FRI

0455z 12/01 [321/00] КОНЕЦ 0458z Ed Smith TUE

0455z 29/01 [321/00] КОНЕЦ 0458z Ed Smith FRI

0455z 02/02 [321/00] КОНЕЦ 0458z Ed Smith TUE

5815kHz 1955z 01/01 [371/00] Konyetz 1958z S3 Malc FRI

1955z 08/01 [372/34 18544 38355 73586 18558 17300 17222 81288 52559…..43347 96849] S5 JkC, Malc FRI

1955z 13/01 [371/00] КОНЕЦ 1958z QSA4 QRM1 QSB2 JkC WED

1955z 20/01 [371/00] Konyetz 1958z S9+10 Malc WED

1955z 22/01 [371/00] КОНЕЦ 1958z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC FRI

1955z 27/01 [371/00] Konyetz1958z S3 Malc WED

1955z 03/02 [379/38 60319 91553 89221 69669 43293 92109 86652......25601 26288] КОНЕЦ 2006z Ed Smith WED

1955z 10/02 [371/00] S5 Malc WED

1955z 12/02 [371/00] Out 1958z S9+10 Malc FRI

1955z 24/02 [371/00] КОНЕЦ 1958z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC WED

7504kHz 0915z 01/01 [484/00] Konyetz 0918z S3 Malc FRI

0915z 05/01 [484/00] Weak RNGB TUE

0915z 12/01 [484/00] Weak RNGB TUE

0915z 15/01 [484/00] Konyetz 0918z S2 Malc FRI

0915z 19/01 [487/34 52581 77053 81369 69367 65279 47021 64195……62726 08157] RNGB TUE

0915z 22/01 [487/34 52581………etc] Repeat of Tuesday Malc FRI

0915z 26/01 [484/00] S4 Malc TUE

0915z 29/01 [484/00] Malc FRI

0915z 02/02 [484/00] RNGB TUE

0915z 05/02 [484/00] S5 Malc FRI

0915z 12/02 [481/32 14279 78104 72406 93170 08119 63711 99766 46815 ……11422 23147] 0925z S6 Malc FRI

0915z 16/02 [484/00] Fair RNGB TUE

0915z 23/02 [484/00] RNGB TUE

9200kHz 1625z 02/01 [831/00] RNGB SAT

1625z 05/01 [831/00] КОНЕЦ 1628z QSA3 QRM3 QSB1 JkC TUE

1625z 09/01 [831/00] КОНЕЦ 1628z S6 Malc SAT

1625z 16/01 [834/32 28030……………..54396] 1634z S9 Malc SAT

1625z 19/01 [831/00] Konyetz 1628z S8 Malc TUE

1625z 23/01 [831/00] Konyetz 1628z S9 Malc SAT

1625z 26/01 [831/00] S5 Malc TUE

1625z 30/01 [831/00] КОНЕЦ 1648z Ed Smith SAT

1625z 09/02 [839/38 72918 21727 68585 19484 87859 76380 85745……04258 85477] Konyetz 1636z S9 Malc TUE

1625z 13/02 [839/38 ВНИМАНИЕ 72918 21727........04248 85477] КОНЕЦ 1636z Ed Smith SAT

1625z 23/02 [831/00] КОНЕЦ 1628z QSA4 QRM2 QSB1 JkC TUE

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9610kHz 1020z 01/01 [426/00] Konyetz 1023z S2 Malc FRI

1020z 12/01 [426/00] КОНЕЦ 1023z Ed Smith TUE

1020z 15/01 [426/00] Konyetz 1023z S2 Malc FRI

1020z 19/01 [421/37……………..VNIMANIE 87110……………..25817] Malc TUE

1020z 22/01 [421/37 87110 02103 42474 21153 38265 18125 28032 81809……72892 25817] Weak RNGB FRI

1020z 26/01 [426/00] S7 Malc TUE

1020z 29/01 [426/00] Malc FRI

1020z 02/02 [421/33 53270 53134 60319 18032 12126 54851 00277 12888……41192 37594] RNGB TUE

1020z 05/02 [421/33 53270…..etc] Repeat of Tuesday S7 Malc FRI

1020z 09/02 [426/00] Malc TUE

1020z 12/02 [426/00] Out 1023z S5 Malc FRI

1020zx 26/02 [426/00] Fair RNGB FRI

12530kHz 1015z 07/01 [472/39 69533 58138 99278 54658 66328 98795 72498 19305……53197 99358] Fair/QSB RNGB THU

1015z 14/01 [475/00] 1018z S7 Malc THU

1015z 25/01 [475/00] Good RNGB MON

1015z 28/01 [475/00] Konyetz 1018z S7 Malc THU

1015z 01/02 [475/00] Malc MON

1015z 08/02 [475/00] Weak RNGB MON

1015z 15/02 [475/33 93427 95899 80090 68196 95787 83331 73070……24826 55510] КОНЕЦ 1025z Ed Smith MON

1015z 29/02 [475/00] S9 Malc MON

19099kHz 0715z 04/01 [382/00] Weak RNGB MON

0715z 11/01 [382/00] Weak RNGB MON

0715z 25/01 [389/33 08159 43823 03126 67369 56529 79775 31311……22358 40212] Very weak RNGB MON

0715z 01/02 [382/00] Weak RNGB MON

0715z 08/02 [382/00] Weak RNGB MON

0715z 22/02 [387/33 43540 77945 67145 60799 60394……64610 64829] ? Very weak RNGB MON

V02a

V02a continued to make its rare appearances with one each in both January and February. As usual the transmissions were in LSB mode and appeared only in the 2000z time slot.

7554kHz 2000z 21/0 [A06211 10531 23062] MaleAnon THU

7554kHz 2000z 11/02 [A77611 81142 14461] MaleAnon THU

V07

Sunday

January 2016

0100z 16037kHz 0120z 14637kHz 0140z 12.137kHz 03/01 661 000 Very weak

10/01 661 000 Weak

17/01 661 000 Weak

24/01 661 1 339 85 70002 ... 75373 000 000 Fair

661 1 339 85

70002 37538 13784 79341 90128

27738 83238 77288 23299 25935

83319 20557 18881 81935 48424

02525 30351 41837 23910 85019

77319 31395 42803 99483 24387

23335 83042 59039 03377 33522

78370 24478 25035 34553 42500

33299 04781 33489 33545 21725

43341 14548 59218 29295 70058

73829 30822 23273 53178 12720

57237 73032 30305 70349 33134

02735 55473 03822 02810 01303

41734 03932 51745 27253 89405

40270 50834 09919 85547 90582

93012 38353 74593 73373 83989

52757 00323 27190 03544 18345

23791 51937 15138 21834 75373

000 000 Courtesy DanAr

31/01 661 000 Weak

February 2016

0100z 18368kHz 0120z 16268kHz 0140z 13968kHz 07/02 329 1 ............ Weak, unworkable

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14/02 329 000 Strong + hum

21/02 329 1 133 67 49307 ... 37783 000 000 Weak

28/02 329 000 Very weak

V21 The Babbler

The Babbler continues to be mostly weak and difficult to copy. Most transmissions during January/February were of the counting variety although operational

traffic was heard on one occasion and added a little insight into their operations. Unusaully a SS/YL was heard on two occasions. On 27/28 Feb on 5637kHz two

different voices were heard and each had a different style of counting.

Expect the transmissions to switch to 1300z when the clocks “Spring forward” in March.

Logs

V21 6529kHz 1400z 1/1 Weak, two counts to 60 audible. FRI

V21 5637kHz 1400z 1/1 Very weak signal. FRI

V21 6529kHz 1408z 9/1 [40, 40.....] Found in progress. SAT

V21 5637kHz 1409z 9/1 [...40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 20 END] SS/YL for a change. Both Babblers counting to 40 today. SAT

V21 6529kHz 1408z 17/1 Present but too weak to copy. SUN

V21 5637kHz 1409z 17/1 Very weak but multiple counts to 32 audible. SUN

V21 5637kHz 1409z 18/1 Present but too weak to copy. MON

V21 6529kHz 1408z 18/1 Present but too weak to copy. MON

V21 5637kHz 1400z 23/1 [...40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 30, 40, 40, 40, 10 END] Found in progress, SS/YL counting. SAT

V21 6529kHz 1400z 23/1 [...30, 20, 40, 10, 10, 20, 20, 30, 40, 20, 50, 20, 20, 40, 10...] Found in progress. Fast delivery, SAT

V21 6529kHz 1400z 24/1 Present but too weak to copy. SUN

V21 6529kHz 1400z 29/1 Weak, some counts to 30 heard. FRI

V21 5637kHz 1400z 30/1 Present but too weak to copy. SAT

V21 6529kHz 1400z 30/1 Preseent but too weak to copy. SAT

V21 5637kHz 1400z 31/1 Barely audible but definitely the Babbler. SUN

V21 6529kHz 1400z 31/1 Weak, some counts to 40 heard. SUN

V21 5637kHz 1400z 12/2 Too weak to copy. FRI

V21 5637kHz 1400z 13/2 Too weak to copy. SAT

V21 6529kHz 1400z 13/2 Too weak to copy. SAT

V21 6529kHz 1400z 14/2 Too weak to copy. SUN

V21 5637kHz 1400z 27/2 [....40, 50, 50, 50, 40, 50, 40, 40, 40, 30, 32, 40, change voice, 11, 42, restart at 22 count to 39,

restart at 31 count to 72, 22, 52, 52, 22 END.] Found in progress SAT

V21 5637kHz 1400z 28/2 [00 30, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 5, 5, 50, 11, 40, 40, 40, 40, 40, 30, 30, 40, New voice 50, 100 END SUN

Operational traffic.

V21 5637kHz 23/1 1300z SS/OM reading strings of numbers including:

23 23 330 25 25.....29 29 336 244 136……..26 26 336 223 336 223 06......30 30 394 228 394 228 06........00 31 00 31 344 363 344

364 07……..27 27 344 399 344 399.......00 32 00 32 336 138 008 08.......30 30 394 ????........31 31 320 132 00 38 00 38 131 136

229 11 00 8 11..........32 32 336 229 336 229 11............33 33 336 ????.........32 32 336 411 16......... 32 32 336 411 336 411 16...........00 35 00 35 196 221 196 221 11 00 16.........

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Analysis

On 23/1 some operational traffic was found at 1300z. The format appears to have changed slightly in that the "coordinates" appear to be sent twice most of the

time at least. One more piece of intelligence about their system has become apparent. The messages seem to consist of "Target Number" "Target Coordinates" "Minute time stamp" But some of the target numbers were given with leading zeros. It becomes apparent that this indicates a new target as subsequent reports for

that target number do not contain the leading zeros. There also seems to be a trailing 00 after the coordinates and in some cases an 8 was heard preceding the

minute stamp. In this case at least this appears to indicate the local hour. Z -5 hours for Cuba, 1300z = 0800 Local. Note also that in the example above 00 38 is transmitted out of sequence, and probably should have been 00 33. Two examples shown below are for target "32" first appearance at 1308z and a subsequent

transmission at 1311z note the 00s in the first message.

00 32 00 32 336 138 00 8 08

32 32 336 229 336 229 11

In addition it is possible that there is an indication when a target is dropped, as was heard twice during the above transmission, unfortunately the phrase used was

unintelligible even for our Spanish interpreter.

Normally the 5637kHz transmissions are found in progress but on 28/2 we caught the beginning of the transmission and interestingly it began with “00” which we had a few days earlier deduced meant first transmission for a particular target/message.

V24

I reported on Feb 15, 2016, that it appeared South Korean station V24 had possibly returned to activity.

Recap, V24 was last reported to have transmitted on June 16, 2015. In November of 2015 there were some music transmissions on two long time V24 frequencies,

36 hours of the same Korean pop song looped continuously on both 4900 kHz and 6215 kHz. On February 14, 2016, the station was reported on a Japanese

language forum, using 5290 kHz at 1430z. Unfortunately I had given up recording for and searching for V24 at the end of January 2016, two weeks previously

(let this be a lesson, they are not gone until they are gone). While recording for another station I coincidentally recorded that frequency at that time, but on an

antenna pointed the wrong way, so I can say there was a carrier present at that time, but I got no usable audio.

I started watching for this station again the next day, Feb 15, 2016.

V24 Logs, 15 February to 21 February, 2016:

V24 6215kHz 1500z 15/02/2016 [intro music Korean pop, YL, KK, 5f] Token MON

V24 5290kHz 1430z 17/02/2016 [intro music Korean pop, YL, KK, 5f] Token WED

V24 6310kHz 1400z 18/02/2016 [intro music Korean pop, YL, KK, 5f] Token THU V24 6215kHz 1500z 19/02/2016 [intro music Korean pop, YL, KK, 5f] Token FRI

V24 6310kHz 1400z 20/02/2016 [intro music Korean pop, YL, KK, 5f] Token SAT

V24 6215kHz 1500z 20/02/2016 [intro music Korean pop, YL, KK, 5f] Token SAT V24 6310kHz 1400z 21/02/2016 [intro music Korean pop, YL, KK, 5f] Token SUN

V24 4900kHz 1500z 21/02/2016 [intro music Korean pop, YL, KK, 5f] Token SUN

At this point I have to wonder if the station is still shaking out operations. This is a small data set to try and look at trends, but we have to start someplace.

Note that the times of operation are so far only during the 1400, 1430, and 1500 time slots. In the past V24 used a time frame as wide as 1130z to 1640z time slots although more typically the time period from 1230 to 1630z was used (an example schedule from 2011 here

http://www.tokenradio.net/Radio/SharedFiles/NumbersTfer/V24_M94_sched_V_3_0_Jul_2011.JPG ). Although at the time it apparently ceased operations in

June 2015 it had narrowed to 1300z to 1530z (schedule from early 2015 here http://www.tokenradio.net/Radio/SharedFiles/NumbersTfer/V24_sched_V_11_0_1Q_2015.JPG ). I have been making daily wideband (4000 kHz to 9000 kHz)

recordings from 1100z to 1700z to search for new frequencies and to confirm operational times and frequencies.

Recording of the Feb 15, 1500z, 6215 kHz, transmission here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxalaT0ozlg

Recording of the Feb 21 (today), 1500z, 4900 kHz transmission here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PEqspk6F9M

The annotations on the Feb 21 transmission are for the benefit of some South Korean listeners. This station has a fair following in Korea and Japan, this has swelled quite a bit in the last couple of years and has exploded in the last week. They have developed some interesting theories on the use and source location of

the station. One of those theories is that it uses the same transmitters as Echo of Hope does on 4885 kHz when EoH is not active. I think the source of this theory

is what might be jammer or Echo of Hope audio cross talk is sometimes heard in the V24 audio. The purpose of my annotations is to show that both Echo of Hope on 4885 kHz and V24 on 4900 kHz were active at the same time.

Thanks T!

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V26 7553kHz0900z 11/01 [(IP) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL MON

(IP - In Chinese digital 4+4 QPSK 75/3000 - LSB - 0900z)

(Switched to voice - USB - 0922z) (End of V26 sked - 1002z) (Monitored until 1018z for M95 without luck

From T!

Note that this morning (January 12, 2016) in the 1300 UTC time frame the CHN 4+4 modem associated with V26 was in alternate sidebands. On 4283 and 7553 kHz it was in LSB, and on 9153 kHz it was in USB. SUch mode changes are not that uncommon for this station. I have a set of SDR IQ recordings around of

V26 itself on different modes for each freq. 4283 kHz was LSB, 7553 kHz was AM, and 9153 kHz was USB, however as normal they were all parallel

transmissions of the same audio.

Follow up, and the V26 following the CHN 4+4 on 9153 was in LSB starting at 1309 UTC, January 12, 2016, while 7553 and 4283 were in USB.

9153 kHz 1309z 12/01/16 (yl/cc 3f, broken English letters, end 1344z) [note LSB mode] Token TUE

7553 kHz 1309z 12/01/16 (yl/cc 3f, broken English letters, end 1344z) [note USB mode] Token TUE

4283 kHz 1309z 12/01/16 (yl/cc 3f, broken English letters, end 1344z) [note USB mode] Token TUE

9054kHz1138z 16/02[(//4243) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL TUE

(Into Chinese voice - USB - Female)

(Switched to CW (M95) - 1148z) (This appears to be a regular sked)

9054kHz1045z 18/01(IP) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL THU (In Chinese voice - LSB - Female - Cont'd - 1045z)

9054kHz1138z 19/01/16[(IP) (// 4243) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL FRI

(In Chinese voice - LSB - Female - Cont'd - // 4243 - 1138z)

9054kHz1257z 22/02[(IP) (Silent - 1258z) (// 4243) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL MON

9054kHz1212z 23/02[(IP - Female - Chinese - USB - // 4243) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL TUE

9054kHz1212z 25/02[(IP - Female - Chinese - USB - // 4243) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL TUE

4243kHz1203z 26/02[(IP - Female - Chinese - USB - // 9054) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL FRI

8073kHz1204z 26/02[(IP - Male - Chinese - USB) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL FRI

9054kHz1203z 26/02[(IP - Female - Chinese - USB - // 4243) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL FRI

8073kHz0025z 27/02[(Female - Chinese - USB - // N/H) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL SAT

9054kHz0005z 27/02(Female - Chinese - USB - // N/H) (Remote tuner Hong Kong)] JPL SAT

Polytones

XPA c

Wednesday/Saturday

January 2016

0700z 9108kHz 0720z 10908kHz 0740z 12208kHz

02/01 192 000 02417 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

06/01 192 000 02839 00001 00000 10140 [Poor condx] Weak rising to strong

09/01 192 000 03338 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

13/01 192 1 02817 00109 86678 76306 [Poor condx] Weak rising to strong

16/01 192 1 02817 00109 86678 76306 Very strong, QRM3

192 192 192 1 192 192 192 1 192 192 192

02817 00109 86678 45963 20774 27518 73400 71505 90116 84144

28426 41826 24259 63293 64444 33819 79948 68543 31658 99320

18127 76881 68538 70405 60141 56403 22616 32589 99422 55630

42957 92258 48085 29174 20120 42791 03795 62506 19942 16229

91979 89065 53340 98463 64119 49026 45933 21038 45022 34313

84199 59433 12792 89157 65458 11196 14873 22286 07547 10000

60333 22633 09551 20154

59067 16959 28153 84031 10700 71520 57628 28062 81791 81501

35918 25831 45361 23921 51299 35624 65685 86352 61567 91557

51613 57280 05484 24942 63150 14700 93912 05039 52447 99234

57472 81562 10801 92180 40299 77934 25248 72771 36636 45418

60161 53571 25332 98056 03183 21660 08471 76306++++++++++

++++++++++

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20/01 192 000 09592 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

23/01 192 000 07814 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

27/01 192 1 01849 00167 78965 47335 Very strong

30/01 192 1 01849 00167 78965 47335 Very strong

February 2016

0700z 11409kHz 0720z 13509kHz 0740z 14609kHz 03/02 456 1 03388 00227 64958 20633 Very strong

06/02 456 1 03388 00227 64958 20633 Very strong

10/02 456 1 07163 00261 08319 50233 Very strong

13/02 456 1 07165 00261 08319 50233 [0740z QRM3] Very strong

17/02 456 000 08690 00001 00000 10140 [0740z Fair] Very strong

20/02 456 000 05058 00001 00000 10140 Strong

24/02 456 000 09249 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

27/02 456 000 07236 00001 00000 10140 Strong, QSB2

XPA e

Tuesday/Thursday

January 2016

1900z 7891kHz 1920z 6791kHz 1940z 5391kHz

05/01 Null Msg Extremely weak, unworkable

07/01 873 000 07947 00001 00000 10140 [1900/1920z unworkable] Weak

12/01 Null Msg Extremely weak, unworkable

14/01 Msg Extremely weak, unworkable

19/01 Msg Extremely weak, unworkable

21/01 873 1 07039 00245 76195 24142 [1900/1920z NRH] Weak, QSB to nil

26/01 813 000 03089 00001 00000 10140 [1920/1940z unworkable] Extremely weak

28/01 873 000 04628 00001 00000 10140 [1920/1940z unworkable] Fair

February 2016

1900z 8123kHz 1920z 7523kHz 1940z 6823kHz

02/02 Message 5m38s long All slots unworkable

04/02 158 1 00602 00313 65831 42032 [1940z unworkable] 5m38s lg Weak and noisy

09/02 158 000 05270 00001 00000 10140 [1940z umworkable] Very weak[Twente]

11/02 158 000 06004 00001 00000 10140 [1920/1940z unworkable] Very weak

16/02 158 1 06273 00319 03541 70372 Weak, QSB3

18/02 158 1 06273 00319 03541 73072 Fair

23/02 Full Msg 4m23s lg Very weak, unworkable

25/02 158 1 09138 00205 75285 03460 [1940z weak, QRM3/4] 4m23s lg Strong

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XPA2 m

Sunday/Tuesday

January 2016

1300z 16138kHz 1320z 14438kHz 1340z 13438kHz 03/01 02041 00001 00000 10140 Extremely strong

05/01 04671 00001 00000 10140 [1300z Fair] Weak

10/01 04456 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

12/01 07186 00001 00000 10140 Fair

17/01 00469 00121 15552 72131 Fair

19/01 00469 00121 15552 72131 Very strong

23/01 03615 00001 00000 10140 Extremely strong

26/01 08160 00001 00000 10140 Fair

31/01 05135 00083 67617 16733 Strong

February 2016

1500z 16338kHz 1520z 14538kHz 1520z 13538kHz

02/02 05135 00083 67617 16733 Strong

07/02 02241 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

14/02 09562 00067 06812 73372 Very strong

16/02 09562 00097 06812 73372 Very strong

21/02 03059 00001 00000 10140 [1520/1540z unworkable] Weak

23/02 06571 00001 00000 10140 [1520/1540z unworkable] Weak

28/02 01127 00089 48085 63305 Fair/Strong

XPA2 p

Monday/Wednesday

January 2016

0800z 15978kHz 0820z 14978kHz 0840z 14378kHz

04/01 06683 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

06/01 05549 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

11/01 01968 00001 00000 10140 Strong, some QSB2

13/01 05209 00001 00000 10140 Strong

18/01 03663 00191 42640 31056 Very strong

20/01 03663 00191 42640 31056 Fair

25/01 03725 00001 00000 10140 Fair, some QSB3

26/01 07158 00001 00000 10140 [0800/0820z Weak, QSB3] Strong

February 2016

0800z 15983kHz 0820z 14783kHz 0840z 13883kHz

01/02 07413 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

03/02 05517 00001 00000 10140 Strong

08/02 05237 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

10/02 01877 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

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15/02 06969 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

17/02 02200 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

22/02 01437 00125 25553 55435 [0840z Strong] Weak and noisy

24/02 05861 00001 00000 10140 [0800z dropped out at start] Very strong

29/02 04101 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

XPA2 r

Friday/Saturday

January 2016

1400z 16167kHz 1420z 14663kHz 1440z 13923kHz 01/01 06166 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

02/01 06994 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

08/01 04633 00001 00000 10140 [1420z Fair QSB2] Very strong

09/01 04456 00001 00000 10140 [1420z, missed PC malfunction] Very strong

15/01 05118 00073 64200 20605 Fair

16/01 05118 00073 64200 20605 Very strong

22/01 01116 00001 00000 10140 Fair

23/01 01971 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

29/01 02592 00107 89547 17406 Very strong

30/01 04621 00001 00000 10140 Strong

February 2016

1400z 18667kHz 1420z 17419kHz 1440z 16212kHz

05/02 05868 00089 12635 22654 Fair

06/02 05868 00089 12635 22654 Very strong

12/02 03510 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

13/02 05113 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

19/02 03666 00073 03726 07271 Very strong

20/02 03666 00073 03726 07271 Very strong

26/02 04723 00075 26498 21210 Weak, QSB2

27/02 04723 00075 26498 21210 Fair/strong

XPA2 t

Tuesday/Friday

January 2016

0700z 13472kHz 0720z 14772kHz 0740z 16272kHz 12/01 05613 00121 63264 56520

05613 00121 63264 77390 74059 32605 84508 91324 32810 37171

94197 64475 42418 84812 12705 64107 60428 74490 57044 70597

24541 27324 63725 08239 78445 74717 52206 14864 05288 19663

57480 22882 11432 17089 15097 95545 63699 83428 36142 93270

29652 06678 48595 97580 97423 96007 37406 96071 12773 49173

49669 83452 95088 81708 06129 22331 49881 88330 70258 60988

88508 30017 57178 10869 14600 34510 99586 02568 54717 26749

51288 55531 35503 89580 88766 67114 06705 84795 30688 99853

66839 01660 08793 80932 19217 06580 25491 50116 52365 05782

32644 62719 22303 53826 73551 90784 06558 08667 29042 09769

74393 82362 16504 95547 89422 85313 41116 02374 99962 62446

06787 90420 02758 28489 03686 22028 05233 78456 60953 16335

04456 45320 94044 56520 Courtesy Ary

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15/01 05613 00121 63264 56520 [0700/0720z NRH] Strong [Twente]

19/01 09776 00001 00000 10140 [all slots heard in UK, best 0740z] Strong [Twente]

22/01 09391 00001 00000 10140 Fair [Twente]

26/01 04549 00087 27458 22620 [all slots heard in UK, best 0740z Very strong [Twente]

29/01 04549 00087 27458 22620 Very strong [Twente]

04549 00087 27458 13637 32728 83671 48498 86694 11659 80713

39758 61332 05449 94325 05208 98050 57003 62202 91001 10450

31754 43535 92447 34506 24317 32093 78104 53491 85314 07172

90136 45589 26113 64496 88301 46095 36549 50436 01154 02601

76667 88910 07261 11641 94306 40139 34885 64652 70841 22431

94449 10678 36172 58219 39390 90131 59470 56684 86813 61331

61115 87832 14586 90496 22065 29550 15413 93271 00198 72886

25696 38031 55812 33672 78019 47387 72295 68738 27568 52418

44332 22387 77216 82736 74713 82615 37532 65805 68345 22620

Courtesy PLdn

February 2016

0700z 14558kHz 0720z 15958kHz 0740z 17458kHz

02/02 07110 00001 00000 10140 Very strong[Twente]

05/02 06005 00001 00000 10140 Very strong[Twente]

09/02 04544 00139 84814 06125 Very strong[Twente]

12/02 04544 00139 84814 06125 Extremely strong[Twente]

16/02 05162 00001 00000 10140 [0740z TTYQRM3] Very strong

19/02 01862 00001 00000 10140 Weak

23/02 06381 00001 00000 10140 Very strong[Twente]

26/02 09037 00001 00000 10140 Very strong

DATA

FSK POL 9179kHz 1610z 05/01[0877 (R5) 00000 (R10)]1611z QSA3 QRM1 QSB1 JkC TUE

Associated S11a = 831/00 FSK POL 9179kHz 1615z 05/01[0877 (R5) 00000 (R10)]1616z QSA3 QRM1 QSB1 JkC TUE

FSK POL 4505kHz 1305z 07/01[0437 (R5) 00000 (R10)]1306z QSA3 QRM1 QSB1 JkC THU

Associated M03 = 437/00

FSK POL 4505kHz 1310z 07/01[0437 (R5) 00000 (R10)]1311z QSA3 QRM1 QSB1 JkC THU

FSK POL 9179kHz 1610z 19/01[0877 (R5) 00000 (R10)]1611z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC TUE

Associated S11a = 831/00

FSK POL 9179kHz 1615z 19/01[0877 (R5) 00000 (R10)]1616z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC TUE

FSK POL 4505kHz 1305z 21/01[0437 (R5) 88888 (R2) 33349 ... 29166 88888 (R2) 00035 (R2)]1306z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC THU

Associated M03 = 435/31 See transcript FSK POL 4505kHz 1310z 21/01[0437 (R5) 88888 (R2) 33349 ... 29166 88888 (R2) 00035 (R2)]1311z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC THU

FSK POL 4505kHz 1305z/1310z 21/01

0437 (R5)

88888 88888

33349 03021 97033 91045 61972 51795 19003 43266 00933 49616

52784 45741 54841 80775 77830 84684 33482 68876 39017 99218

00908 86782 25688 40562 48948 39679 17892 22315 30783 29166

90672

88888 88888

00035 00035 Courtesy JkC

FSK POL 4505kHz 1305z 24/01[0437 (R5) 88888 (R2) 33349 ... 29166 88888 (R2) 00035 (R2)]1306z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC SUN

Associated M03 = 435/31 Repeat of 21/01/16

FSK POL 4505kHz 1310z 24/01[0437 (R5) 88888 (R2) 33349 ... 29166 88888 (R2) 00035 (R2)]1311z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC SUN

FSK POL 4828kHz 1305z 25/01[0537 (R5) 00000 (R10)]1306z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC MON Associated M03 = 543/00 [Zielona Góra remote]

FSK POL 4828kHz 1310z 25/01[0537 (R5) 00000 (R10)]1311z QSA4 QRM1 QSB1 JkC MON

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DATA continued ……………

M42c,

11077kHz 1015z

9160kHz 1025z 7507kHz 1035z

FSK 200/500, with header, which doesn't happen too often. 2 Messages. Messages as sent and written down as 5fgs

11100 09777 42318 25072 00839

00566 15534 38915 03538 15256 92004 67150 27925 22302 97979

76817 05600 09222 84593 66341 17427 99072 35757 73417 17586

66239 15858 57258 63542 80060 56616 76641 25029 43465 19044

43436 70460 18825 91437 56321 54238 58194 09338 44355 53361

80137 08412 75095 26795 60320 46168 06968 96034 28066 53471

90550 70291 86047 01765 48475 64749 95315 96967 88627 85324

92848 35959 30343 78365 33807 86603 48265 68735 75681 77243

63581 34706 46522 06610 37299 93106 64443 10071 45265 93170

00580 72081 00000

11100 09777 98342 25073 00959 88100 68389 17053 03232 07243

11950 79071 59311 42083 80927 10650 14599 25337 30386 19493

44613 94525 22615 65473 65775 92093 46467 51027 56163 12884

73499 95636 96657 53671 24376 61580 68454 44428 43959 23142

67849 66022 08527 96462 24249 84018 13566 72222 32344 53294

15556 18349 34379 73128 26206 44923 13454 97477 82564 48488

83805 30114 41445 77937 88990 59305 71611 89168 43922 11745

42146 80697 81691 30399 30455 27422 91107 05971 98335 54705

55902 16668 09546 19991 31532 55950 87321 94118 20508 52960

35266 59536 32211 15318 70061 67592 38108 48958 73093 00000

Thanks Ary

FSK POL 9179kHz1610z 23/02[0877 (R5) 00000 (R10]1611z QSA4 QRM2 QSB1 JkC TUE

Associated S11a = 831/00 FSK POL 9179kHz1615z 23/02[0877 (R5) 00000 (R10]1616z QSA4 QRM2 QSB1 JkC TUE

HYBRID MODES

HM01

HM01 began the New Year on all the expected times and frequencies. As at the end of 2015 the callups remained the same and did not increment until 2100z on

7/1 when only callup 4 changed to a new number. All callups began incrementing upwards the following day. Presumably this was the end of the Cubans’

Christmas holiday. Things continued as expected until 15/1 when the callups reverted to those from the 8th with the exception of callup 4 which was new. The callups then incremented as expected until 27/1 when callup 1’s last digit reached 9 at which point all callups again returned to those from the 8th except once more

for callup 4 which was a brand new number.

On 30/1 all last digits incremented -1 before continuing with +1 increments the following day.

On 23/1 8/2 and 12/2 the callups at 1600z began with the previous days endings before stopping and restarting with the correct callups.

On 7/1, 19/2 and probably 19/1 a single new callup appeared in the 2100z time slot. These callups always seem to end with a 0 and do not remain with the last

digit as 1 for two days as the other callups do. We noted the following entry from the March/April 2015 newsletter “On 19/3 at 1600z callup 1 again changed

to one ending in 0 (85760) . As had been noted in the last newsletter a similar thing has happened on the 19th of the odd numbered months on two

previous occasions. If the pattern holds true expect a callup ending in 0 on May 19th”.”

The original prediction did not prove to be true but it does seem that there is a special significance to the 19th.

On 2/1 and 22/2 the 1600z transmissions started with a Spanish language broadcast rather than HM01

As usual a few files not ending in .TXT were transmitted including 50470671.F1C 50415132.F1C. Both of these files ended in F1C and as expected the first two digits of the file names were 50.

2111110009777423182507200839

=7971 005661553438915960

=8592 035381525692004148

=8193 671502792522302111

=8454 979797681705600153

=8245 092228459366341148

=8176 17427990723575782

=8217 734171758666239150

=8328 15858572586354226

=8309 80060566167664157

=90410 250294346519044119

=80511 43436704601882575

=85912 91437563215423835

=81913 58194093384435590

=83214 533618013708412115

=85015 75095267956032058

=80616 46168069689603498

=87117 280665347190550120

=81918 702918604701765139

=84519 48475647499531513

(=85020 96967886278532474

=88921 92848359593034344

=82522 783653380786603109

=86723 48265687357568144

=83224 77243635813470682

=89425 465220661037299139

=84526 93106644431007157

=82927 45265931700058068

=84228 720810000000000153

=72029 000000000000000107

=72030 00000000000000067

=87331 11100097779834288

=83532 250730095988100151

=83433 68389170530323264

=83834 07243119507907199

=82835 593114208380927119

=84036 10650145992533728

=86237 30386194934461385

=88838 945252261565473108

=86239 65775920934646789

=80140 51027561631288471

=86241 734999563696657122

=83842 53671243766158072

=84743 684544442843959152

=84244 23142678496602211

=83845 08527964622424985

=87546 840181356672222130

=77547 323445329415556110

=83248 183493437973128178

=82349 26206449231345490

=89350 974778256448488151

=85951 83805301144144534

=87952 779378899059305109

=85253 71611891684392288

=84554 11745421468069794

=87855 816913039930455100

=86756 274229110705971132

=86857 98335547055590299

=85858 166680954619991127

=87359 315325595087321142

=87260 94118205085296064

=87761 35266595363221153

=85362 153187006167592100

=85463 38108489587309363

)57664 00000++++++++++219

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Logs

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 1/1 [36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704] Same callups as yesterday. FRI

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 2/1 [36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704] Same callups as yesterday. SAT HM01 11435kHz 1600z 3/1 [36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704] Same callups as yesterday. SUN

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 4/1 [36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704] Same callups as yesterday. MON

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 5/1 [36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704] Same callups as yesterday. TUE HM01 11435kHz 1600z 6/1 [36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704] Same callups as yesterday. WED

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 7/1 [36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704] THU

HM01 16180kHz 2100z 7/1 [36551 86614 17851 50640 83212 86704] Note 4th callup has changed, all the rest remain the same. THU * HM01 11435kHz 1600z 8/1 [36551 86615 17851 50641 83213 86705] New callup that appeared yesterday incremented +1, 50641 = 37555064.TXT. FRI

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 9/1 [36552 86616 17852 50642 83214 86706] SAT

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 10/1 [36553 86617 17853 50643 83215 86707] SUN HM01 11435kHz 1600z 11/1 [36554 86618 17854 50644 83216 06711] New callup position 6, 06711 = 50470671.F1C. MON

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 12/1 [36555 86619 17855 50645 83217 06711] TUE

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 13/1 [36556 40001 17856 50646 83218 06712] New callup position 2, 40001 = 67164000.TXT. WED HM01 11435kHz 1600z 14/1 [36557 40001 17857 50647 01531 06713] New callup position 5, 01531 = 56100153.TXT. THU

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 15/1 [36551 86615 17851 73041 83213 86705] Reverted to callups from 8/1 except the special callup in position 4 has been replaced

with 73041 presumably that should have been the new callup in that slot. 73041 = 54417304.TXT. FRI HM01 11435kHz 1600z 16/1 [36552 86616 17852 73042 83214 86706] SAT

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 17/1 [36553 86617 17853 73043 83215 86707] SUN

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 18/1 [36553 86617 17853 73043 83215 86707] Same callups as yesterday. MON HM01 11435kHz 1600z 19/1 [36553 86617 17853 73043 83215 86707] Same callups as yesterday. TUE

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 20/1 [36555 86619 17855 73045 83217 04111] New callup position 6, 04111 = 68820411.TXT. WED

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 21/1 [36556 23211 17856 73046 83218 04112] New callup position 2 23211 = 06372321.TXT. Callup 6 unexpectedly incremented to 2 indicating it may have been present on 19/1 as 04110. THU

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 22/1 [36557 23211 17857 73047 03241 04113] New callup position 5, 02431 = 45400243.TXT. FRI HM01 11435kHz 1600z 23/1 [36558 23212 18481 50071 02431 04114] Started with yesterday's callups before switching to the correct ones. New callups

positions 3 and 4 18481 = 50071. SAT

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 24/1 [36559 23213 18481 50071 02432 04115] SUN HM01 11435kHz 1600z 25/1 [36559 23213 18481 50071 02432 04115] Same callups as yesterday. MON

HM01 5855kHz 0500z 27/1 [36551 86615 17851 54701 83213 86705] Callups have reverted to those used on 8/1 except callup 4 has changed to 54701. 54701

= 43065470.TXT. WED HM01 11435kHz 1600z 27/1 [36552 86616 17852 54702 83214 86706] WED

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 28/1 [36552 86616 17852 54702 83214 86706] Same callups as yesterday. THU

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 29/1 [36553 86617 17853 54703 83215 86707] FRI HM01 11435kHz 1600z 30/1 [36552 86616 17852 54702 83214 86706] Last digits of callups have incremented -1 since yesterday. SAT

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 30/1 [36552 86616 17852 54702 83214 86706] SUN

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 1/2 [36552 86616 17852 54702 83214 86706] Started with a Spanish radio station before switching to the callups. MON HM01 11435kHz 1600z 2/2 [36553 86617 17853 54703 83215 86707] TUE

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 3/2 [36554 86618 17854 54704 83216 38021] New callup position 6, 38021 = 56133802.TXT. WED

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 4/2 [36555 86619 17855 54705 83217 38021] THU HM01 11435kHz 1600z 5/2 [36556 65201 17856 54706 83218 38022] New callup position 2, 65201 = 20006520.TXT. FRI

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 6/2 [36557 65201 17857 54707 84001 38023] New callup position 5, 84001 = 24548400.TXT. SAT

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 7/2 [36558 65202 78431 54708 84001 38024] New callup position 3, 78431 = 58067843.TXT. SUN HM01 11435kHz 1600z 8/2 [36559 65203 78431 50871 84002 38025] New callup position 4, 50871 = 35325807.TXT. Started with yesterday's callups before

switching. MON

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 9/2 [51531 65204 78432 50871 84003 38026] New callups position 1 51531 = 44635153.TXT. TUE HM01 11435kHz 1600z 10/2[51531 65205 78433 50872 84004 38027] WED

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 11/2[51532 65206 78434 50873 84005 38661] New callup position 6, 38661 = THU

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 12/2[51533 65207 78435 50874 84006 38661] Started with yesterday's callups before switching to the correct ones. FRI HM01 11435kHz 1600z 13/2[51534 71031 78436 50875 84007 38662] New callup position 2, 71031 = 03387103.TXT. SAT

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 14/2[51535 71031 78437 50876 84008 38663] SUN

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 15/2[51536 71032 78438 50877 84009 38664] Up late with a very loud hum. MON HM01 11435kHz 1600z 16/2[51537 71033 78439 50878 55381 38665] New callup position 5, 55831 = 17525538.TXT. TUE

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 17/2[51538 71034 68351 50879 55381 38666] New callup position 3, 68351 = 28886835.TXT. WED

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 18/2[51539 71035 68351 84771 55382 38667] New callup position 4, 84771 = 60478477.TXT. THU HM01 11435kHz 1600z 19/2[75661 71036 68352 84771 55383 38668] New callup position 1, 75661 = 53647566.TXT. FRI

HM01 11635kHz 2100z 19/2[75661 71036 68352 84771 55383 39890] New callup in position 6 since 1600z, 39890 = 06483989.TXT. FRI

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 20/2[75661 71037 68353 84772 55384 39891] New position 6 callup incremented +1 since yesterday's appearance. SAT HM01 11435kHz 1600z 21/2[75662 51321 68354 84773 55385 39892] New callup position 2, 51321 = 50415132.F1C. SUN

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 22/2[75663 51321 68355 84774 55386 39893] MON

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 22/2[75664 51322 68356 84775 55387 39894] Started with a Spanish speaking broadcast station. TUE HM01 11435kHz 1600z 27/2[75668 51326 40531 84779 54423 39898] New callups positions 3 and 5, 40531 = 14344053.TXT, 54423 = 53385442.TXT. SAT

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 28/2[75669 51327 40532 36261 54424 34411] New callups positions 4 and 6, 36261 = 87543626.TXT, 34411 = 70023441.TXT. SUN

HM01 11435kHz 1600z 29/2[15721 51328 40533 36261 54425 34411] New callup position 1, 15721 = 63721572.TXT. MON

Other’s logs

January 2016

10715kHz2200z 01/01 (36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704) QSA2 DanAR FRI 2200z 06/01 (36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704) QSA1 DanAR WED

2200z 10/01 (36553 86617 17853 50643 83215 86707) QSA3 DanAR SUN

2200z 11/01 (36554 86618 17854 50644 83216 06711) QSA2 DanAR MON 2200z 13/01 (36556 40001 17856 50646 83218 06712) QSA2 DanAR WED

2200z 15/01 (36551 86615 17851 73041 83213 86705) QSA2 DanAR FRI

2200z 17/01 (36553 86617 17853 73043 83215 86707) QSA3 DanAR SUN 2215z 18/01 (36553 86617 17853 73043 83215 86707) QSA2 DanAR MON

2200z 20/01 (36555 86619 17855 73045 83217 04111) QSA2 DanAR WED 2200z 22/01 (36557 23211 17857 73047 02431 04113) QSA2 DanAR FRI

2200z 25/01 (36551 86614 17851 54700 83212 86704) QSA2 DanAR MON

-Back to old msg , except 4th group-

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2200z 27/01 (36552 86616 17852 54702 83214 86706) QSA2 DanAR WED

2200z 29/01 (36553 86617 17853 54703 83215 86707) QSA2 DanAR FRI

16180kHz2100z 02/01 (36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704) QSA2 DanAR SAT

17480 khz 2200z 05/01 (36551 86614 17851 07036 83212 86704) QSA3 DanAR TUE

2200z 28/01 (36552 86616 17852 54702 83214 86706) QSA3 DanAR THU

2200z 30/01 (????? ????? 17853 54702 8321? ?????) QSA2 DanAR SAT

February 2016

10715kHz2200z 01/02(36552 86616 17852 54702 83214 86706) QSA2 DanAR MON

2200z 03/02(36554 86618 17854 54704 83216 38021) QSA2 DanAR WED 2200z 08/02(36559 65203 78431 50871 84002 38026) QSA1 DanAR MON

2200z 10/02(51531 65205 78433 50872 84004 38027) QSA2 DanAR WED

2200z 12/02(51533 65207 78435 50874 84006 38661) QSA3 DanAR FRI 22:00z 14/02(51535 71031 78437 50876 84008 38663) QSA2 DanAR SUN

22:00z 15/02(51536 71032 78438 50877 84009 38664) QSA2 DanAR MON

22:00z 19/02(75661 71036 68352 84771 55383 39890) QSA2 DanAR FRI 22:00z 28/02(34411 75669 51327 40532 36261 54424) QSA2 DanAR SUN

22:00z 29/02(34411 15721 51328 40533 36261 54425) QSA2 DanAR MON

16180kHz2100z 23/02(75664 51322 68356 84775 55387 39894) QSA2 DanAR TUE

17480kHz2200z 02/02(36553 86617 17853 54703 83215 86707) QSA3 DanAR TUE 2200z 04/02(36555 86619 17855 54705 83217 38021) QSA2 DanAR THU

2200z 09/02(51531 65204 78432 50871 84003 38026) QSA2 DanAR TUE 2200z 11/02(51532 65206 78434 50873 84005 38661) QSA3 DanAR THU

2200z 13/02(51534 71031 78436 50875 84007 38662) QSA3 DanAR SAT

2200z 16/02(51537 71033 78439 50878 55381 38665) QSA3 DanAR TUE 2200z 18/02(51539 71035 68351 84771 55382 38667) QSA2 DanAR THU

Although primarily a US Monitor’s station PoSW in England writes, ‘The HM01 Mixed Mode station from Cuba still less than impressive; on those days

when frequencies in the 9 MHz band are used in the UK morning signal strengths are often fairly good but the depth of modulation is often very

low which makes copy a pain, a bit like E07. If the audio level was similar to that of a broadcast station, copying would be no problem. When

11,635 and 11,462 MHz are used, signals are usually very weak and unreadable.’

X06 Mazielka [Ic]

All the best to you for 2016. Here are the last logs of December 2015 and then the ones of January/February this year. First a small correction to EN91 : On

October 28th 2015 (Wed), the end time of the transmission on 18660 kHz was wrong. Here the right log :

20151028 Wed 1133-1134 18660 621543 Peter,Antonio Shortie, G248

Date Day UTC Freq Scale Monitor Comments

20151224 Thu 0754-0757 12126 521634 Antonio/IT G61

20151224 Thu 0815-0817 16153 153624 Antonio G249

20151224 Thu 1510-1513 10214 263145 Danix/PL G256

20151227 Sun 1250 14538 1--6-- Schorschi Strong X06b before XPA2

20151228 Mon 0735-0742 13517 463125 Danix G222

20151228 Mon 1105-1109 13423 412635 Danix,Peter New (or error) scale, R

20151228 Mon 1255-1304 15656 364152 Peter Poor to strong, with breaks, G73

20151230 Wed 0930-0935 12177 364152 Kopf Fair, R

20160102 Sat 0838-0839 11123 1--6-- Ary/NL X06b w/ QRM from E07a test tones(1)

20160108 Fri 1252&1255 16167 1--6-- Schorschi Strong X06b before XPA2

20160111 Mon 0946-0947 13423 421635 André/FR G74

20160113 Wed 0754-0758 14655 164253 Peter Fair, G395

20160113 Wed 0810-0811 20950 435621 Peter Good, G98

20160113 Wed 0838-0839 14379 521634 Ary Just before XPA (mistake?), R

20160113 Wed 0840-0842 13369 412356 Peter Poor, G97

20160113 Wed 0851-0859 16116 134265 Peter Poor, G90

20160113 Wed 1055-1059 15878 621543 Peter Alert 7 (G102) 1 Poor to fair

20160113 Wed 1101-1104 18660 621543 Peter 7.2 Good

20160113 Wed 1122-1137 15878 621543 Peter 7.3 Good

20160114 Thu 0814-0816 16153 153624 Antonio G249

20160114 Thu 1517-1519 10214 263145 Peter G111(2)

20160115 Fri 0925-0927 18197 645321 Peter Good, G194

20160115 Fri 1049-1123 14501 361245 Peter,

Antonio G190(3)

20160117 Sun 1241 16138 1--6-- Schorschi Strong X06b before XPA2

20160117 Sun 1307-1310 13481 452163 Danix Alert 2 (G403, new group) 1

20160117 Sun 1313-1317 10181 452163 Danix 2.2

20160117 Sun 1739 8194 1--6-- Schorschi X06b with QSA2 before E07

20160118 Mon 0745-0753 18750 641523 Peter Good, G337

20160119 Tue 0901-0904 12157 165423 Peter Good, G151

20160119 Tue 0917-0921 18206 246531 Peter Good, G153

20160119 Tue 0948-0957 15687 154263 Peter Alert 2 (G184) 1 Good

20160119 Tue 1001-1002 14358 154263 Peter 2.2 Weak

20160120 Wed 0745 15978 1--6-- Ary X06b sent twice before XPA2

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Date Day UTC Freq Scale Monitor Comments

20160120 Wed 0925-0930 14631 362154 Peter,

Antonio Fair in UK, G170

20160120 Wed 0943-0946 17430 214356 Peter,

Antonio Weak in UK, G394

20160120 Wed 1105-1111 16115 215346 Peter Good, G167

20160121 Thu 1235-1242 18575 352416 Peter Weak, G179

20160124 Sun 1138 14865 261453 Peter Shortie on new freq, good, G285

20160125 Mon 0934-0938 13517 463125 Antonio G222

20160127 Wed 1159-1205 14944 621543 Schorschi S9, G248

20160128 Thu 0759-0809 14419 521634 Peter Fair but getting weaker, G261

20160128 Thu 0803-0808 16153 153624 Peter Fair but getting weaker, G249

20160128 Thu 1503-1505 10214 263145 Peter Good and clear, G256

20160128 Thu 1616-1621 9106 564213 Peter Alert 2 (G263) 1 Fair

20160128 Thu 1621-1623 10535 564213 Peter 2.2 Weak

20160129 Fri 1105-1114 14863 615243 Peter Fair, G305

20160129 Fri 1410-1417 6879 124536 Schorschi New scale, S9, R

20160131 Sun 0800-0804 14947 351264 Peter S1, G404 (new group)

20160201 Mon 0833-0844 18750 641523 Peter Alert 2 (G5) 1 Poor

20160201 Mon 0836-0837 12152 432516 Antonio,

Peter G6

20160201 Mon 0844-0850 13506 641523 Peter 2.2 S1(4)

20160201 Mon 1709 11438 532614 RNGB G4 (end time missing)

20160201 Mon 0843-0846 12149 154263 Peter Poor, G7

20160203 Wed 0746-1059 8038 124536 Manolis/GR,

Antonio,

Kopf, Ary,

Schorschi R

20160203 Wed 0930-0937 13465 362154 Peter Fair, G32

20160203 Wed 1004 17430 214356 Peter Fair, G24

20160203 Wed 1107-1109 16116 215346 Kopf I. p., R

20160206 Sat 1329-1339 10335 154632 Danix R

20160208 Mon 0824 17475 145632 André Shortie (only 40 secs), G141

20160208 Mon 0934-0941 13517 463125 Peter Alert 3 (heavy hum, G77) 1

20160208 Mon 0938 9923 463125 Peter 3.2

20160208 Mon 0943-0949 16117 463125 Peter 3.3

20160210 Wed 0829-0833 11483 412356 Peter Good, G97

20160210 Wed 0912-0919 13419 465132 Peter Good, G100

20160211 Thu 0844-0845 16153 153624 Danix G249

20160211 Thu 0941-0945 13506 164532 Peter Strong, G106

20160216 Tue 0804-0856 12157 165423 Peter Good and long, G151

20160216 Tue 0917-0923 18206 246531 Peter,Danix Good in UK, G153

20160216 Tue 0941-0949 15687 154263 Peter,Danix Good in UK, G148

20160217 Wed 0924-0927 13465 362154 Schorschi,

Danix S9 in DE, G170

20160217 Wed 0941-0945 17430 214356 Antonio G394

20160219 Fri 0932-0936 20837 645321 André G194

20160219 Fri 1016-1023 12215 361245 Danix G190

20160221 Sun 1717&1718 10219 1--6-- Schorschi X06b before E07 with S9

20160225 Thu 1628-1630 12158 564213 Danix G263

20160226 Fri 0937-0941 12177 356412 Danix G271

20160226 Fri 1315 18667 1--6-- Schorschi X06b before XPA2, S9

1) Again at 0841

2) Fair distorted with background carrier

3) Started “361254” (changed 1059)

4) First use of this frequency for this group

PoSW writes: X06 6-Tone Repeating:- I don't hear many of these and the ones I do find usually vanish

within a minute or two of them being tuned in, almost as if they know I am onto them. One exception to this was logged in early February because

it ran for several hours:-

3-Feb-16, Wednesday:- 0740 UTC, 8,038 kHz, close to a WEFAX station on the HF side,

S7 to S8. Expected it to go off suddenly as is usually the case with X06, but was still on when checked again at 0811, 0850, 0900, 0925, 1000,

1015 and 1055 UTC. The WEFAX which had been a weak signal earlier was now very strong. The X06 had gone when I next checked the

frequency at 1125 UTC.

With thanks to all our contributors: Ary, Edd, BR, DanAr, DoK, E, HJH, JkC, Jochen, Malc, MaleAnon, PoSW, PLdn, RNGB, Schorshi, T!, tING,

Apologies to anyone missed.

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THE INTERESTING BITS!

Firstly an additional article sent in by reader Karl Ulm:

A NAME BEHIND THE NUMBERS By KARL ULM

In May 2015 a television news programme was broadcast in the United States revealing information about a Russian "illegal" agent called "Jack Barsky" who had

operated in America during the Cold War. He had been detected by the FBI and co-operated with them for a period of time.

Of interest is the fact that he was controlled via a Morse code numbers station. His case reveals some o fthe human detail behind radio transmissions which can

appear monotonous and technical.

The illegal agent was East German and had been born Albrecht Dittrich. In 1970 he was a chemistry student in Jena, East Germany and had been hoping to go into

teaching. A knock on his door one day from a mystery man who sought to discuss his future career prospects would change his life forever, The visitor was from

the Stasi and he hoped to recruit this star student into the world of espionage because he was young, keen and bright. He was recruited and given radio and

tradecraft training in East Berlin before being passed to the KGB for more advanced training in Moscow including intensive English language and counter-

surveillance tuition. The Russians had selected him to work as an elite illegal agent to live as a citizen of the United States. He was sent to America bv the KGB in

1978 after two years' training using the identity of Jack Barsky, a child who had died in America in 1955. A KGB officer had found the child's grave and obtained

his birth certificate in preparation for an identity theft for an illegal agent infiltrated into the US who would be of approximately the same age.

Barsky's role was to integrate into American societv and become a businessman, cultivate people and support the KGB in whatever tasks they assigned to him. His

main role was to get close to US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski but with the "legend" (background story) he was assigned, this would be rather

ambitious. Barsky studied computing at college in New York, supported by a part-time courier job after entering the US on a false Canadian passport. The KGB

did not seem to understand how US citizenship was obtained and it would be many years before he became a full US citizen. In citizenship interviews he struggled

to answer questions on his background and took some time to get a social security number because he had no work background in America.

To communicate with Moscow Barsky would receive a Morse code message on his short-wave radio at 2115 each Thursday. The messages would take an hour to

write down and three hours to decode. Every two years he would travel to East Germany and Moscow to meet his handlers using roundabout routes and different

passports. He had a wife and child in East Germany from his university days and an American wife and two children in the US. Neither family knew about the

other. None knew he was a spy, His German wife thought he worked at Baikonur Space Centre in Kazakhstan and could only return to the GDR occasionally.

Barsky existed as two different people with two different lives, After 10 years in 1988, the KGB sent him a "radiogram" as they called it to inform him that his

coyer was blown and he was likely to be arrested by the FBI. He was directed to Staten Island to a dead-drop where an oil can containing a passport and money

would be waiting, He would ha\'e to ditch his unsuspecting American wife and child and disappear. He said that he was unable to locate the can and then he

refused to leave for the East. He apparently liked American life and capitalism too much to abandon it for life in the utopia of East German socialism. He told the

KGB that he was infected with HIV and could only be treated in the US so could not travel. It was clear that he was not going to come "home" so the KGB told his

East German wife that he was dead. He hoped to just stay where he was and Moscow would forget about him. Why the KGB thought that he was about to be

detected is unknown, perhaps FBI traitor Robert Hanssen tipped them off? In 1992 KGB archivist/defector Mitrokhin revealed his name to the West in the papers

he passed to western intelligence. A search for Barsky in the US led the FBI to him and he was kept under surveillance. He was seen meeting a Cuban man who

turned out to be a friend and not involved in espionage. A hide was constructed by the FBI on a hill overlooking Barsky's house and the FBI e\"en moved agents

into the house beside his residence. Barsky's home was also bugged and during a row with his wife, he was heard to admit to being a spy which undoubtedly

helped to defuse the domestic situation!

In 1997, the FBI arranged for Barsky's car to be stopped by the police on a bridge and then an FBI agent approached him. He was not arrested but was offered the

chance to co-operate and reveal his story. He was not an active spy by that time so was more use to the FBI out of jail rather than serving a lengthv sentence. In a

motel he revealed all and served as a useful source on espionage techniques and communications, being interviewed by the NSA. He thought that his radio

transmissions originated in Cuba apparently. Barsky's employer, a New York energy company and before that an IT company, never knew that he had been a spy.

Although he had a slight foreign accent, he told everyone that he was from New .Iersev and his mother was German and they spoke the language at home.

Barsky was producing political assessments which he sent back to Moscow examining what Americans thought about particular issues. He was also able to copy

computer programmes from IT companies to help Soviet industry. Part of his job involved clearing dead-drops as well as providing profiles of possihle agents he

encountered. Morse code messages he received instructed him to locate a renegade KGB agent in Canada and to evaluate US opinion on the Red Army's invasion

of Afghanistan. Alarmingly in 1988 after having refused to go back East, he was approached on a railway station in New York by a man dressed in black who

spoke with a Russian accent whispering to him that if he did not return to the East he would be killed. He still did not return. Barskv eventually went public and

revealed who he was, likely also to get money to fund his divorce. His employer fired him, his American wife divorced him and his German wife, who thought he

was dead, wanted nothing further to do with him. It was a stunning revelation to his American children. What on earth did he achieve apart from wrecking and

wasting his own life'? It appeared to be a lot of work with little to show for it and there must have heen many more people left like this after the Cold War ended.

Barsky has now remarried, had another child and has discovered God apparently. In 2014 he was granted US citizenship, 34 years after entering America.

How many more sad and bizarre tales lie behind the strings of numbers pouring out on short-wave into the ether every day? We will likely never know but the

ENIGMA will continue......!

Thanks for the excellent article

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GIZZA JOB

From E

PoSW’s Items of Interest in the Media:-

Problems facing short-wave radio enthusiasts in the mainstream media:- It is not often that the concerns of those engaged in the Radio Hobby make

it into the press, but the Daily Telegraph of 21-January carried on its letters page an item headlined, “Radio disruption”:-

“Sir – As many short-wave listeners will have noted, the level of background noise has risen in recent years, obliterating many weaker stations. Much of this noise is caused by emissions from computer networks of the type that send their signal via the mains supply.

According to EU regulations, this type of equipment must be tested by its makers to ensure that it does not cause undue interference to any other

equipment. No doubt when checked in laboratory conditions, with the mains supply filtered and buried deep in walls, the equipment will comply -

but in the real world, house wiring acts as an aerial. These emissions are causing colossal interference.” And that was from Harry Leeming, of Heysham, Lancashire; and, living as we do in an age of dumbed – down know - nothingness, I would guess

that no more than one in ten thousand Telegraph readers had the faintest idea of what Mr Leeming was going on about.Russian spies finding plenty

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to do in the UK, according to an article in The Times newspaper of 25-January. “Russia's spying on Britain is back to Cold War level”, is the

headline over a piece written by Marc Bennetts which says, “The number of Russian spies operating in Britain is comparable or higher than during the Cold War, according to Russia's leading expert on President Putin's security services.

Andrei Soldatov, a Moscow based journalist and author, said that there were likely to be at least 30 agents in the United Kingdom. Some operate under diplomatic cover while others - so-called 'illegal' agents – use false identities to pose as British citizens, Mr Soldatov said.

A third group of agents are Russian nationals, often businessmen, living openly in Britain. 'These people are usually recruited and trained by the Russian security services to gather intelligence,' he said.

Besides London, towns and cities close to Royal Navy bases are targets, he said. These include Clyde, home to the UK's nuclear deterrent, as well as a new generation of hunter-killer submarines, and Devonport in Plymouth, the largest naval base in western Europe.

There are three Russian intelligence services with active agents in Britain: the GRU military intelligence agency, the SVR foreign intelligence service,

and the FSB, the main successor to the KGB.

Mr Soldatov said that the agents were involved in activities including gathering secret information on Britain's military campaign in Syria, on military

hardware, science and technology, and on Westminster politics. Russians opposed to Mr Putin's long rule are also a target. 'The FSB is mostly concerned with gathering information about people who might present some kind of threat to the authorities in Russia, such as Russian dissidents

living in the UK,' Mr Soldatov said.

Mr Soldatov, who in 2014 was named 'perhaps the most prominent critic of Russia's surveillance apparatus' by the CIA whistle-blower Edward

Snowden, has been questioned by FSB investigators a number of times.

His comments come after an inquiry found that President Putin, a former FSB chief and KGB officer, probably approved the murder of the dissident

Alexander Litvinenko in London.

London has become something of a home-from-home for opposition figures forced to flee Russia to escape jail or worse. On Thursday, Andy Burnham, the shadow home secretary, said that the government should review the security of other Russians.

Vladimir Ashurkov, a banker turned opposition activist, left Russia in 2014 shortly before prosecutors charged him with fraud. 'I definitely feel more

secure on the streets of London than in Moscow, where I would be arrested on politically motivated charges,' he said. 'I hope that the British

security services have taken stricter measures.' Mr Ashurkov, who denies the fraud charges, was granted asylum last year.”

The perils of running a radio station - in Afghanistan; a short item in The Times of 3-February has the headline, “NATO attacks Isis radio station in

Afghanistan”, and says, Kabul – Coalition aircraft attacked a new Islamic State radio station in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar as part of

NATO's campaign to stop the group taking root in the country. A spokesman for the provincial governor said that the raid on Monday night involved Afghan ground forces and destroyed an Islamic State broadcaster in Achin, killing 29 militants, including eight working on the radio and an on-line

operation. It remains to be seen whether the attack has silenced the Isis transmission, which have recently increased from an hour a day to 90

minutes and are now broadcast in Dari as well as the Pashto language.”

Alan Gross in the news. Alan Gross, who he? Well, I thought I had heard this name somewhere before when I saw a story about him in the I newspaper of 18-December. Then remembered there was a passing reference to Mr Gross in an Enigma Newsletter – En 84, towards the bottom of

page 3, “American Alan Gross, a USAID operative” mentioned in connection with a communications system called “Broadband Global Area

Network”. I guess this is the same geezer. The headline in the I is, “Jailed by Cuba, but no enemy of the state” - “Alan Gross tells Fenit Nirappil of his 'surreal' life back in the US”, which continues:- “As a prisoner of the Cuban government for five years, Alan Gross walked 10,000 steps a

day to pass the time and preserve his strength.

Now, a year after his release his daily strolls take him through the 'capital of the free world'. The former subcontractor for the United States Agency

for International development ambles miles from his home in north-west Washington DC.

Mr Gross, a development worker, was arrested in 2009 on suspicion of trying to destabilise the Communist regime. He was working in Cuba, helping the local Jewish community access the internet.

A year ago today, President Obama announced that Mr Gross had been freed in a deal involving an exchange of prisoners. Mr Obama also declared

plans to re-establish ties with Cuba after more than 50 years. 'Coming home was just an incredible sense of happiness,' Mr Gross says. 'From the day I was arrested, my life became a bit surreal, and it still is

today.' When he returned from Cuba, there was no home to return to. Mr Gross's wife, Judy, had sold the property in Potomac, Maryland, to pay

off legal and other bills. Mr Gross went from low-profile NGO worker to speaking with the President, sitting with the First Lady, Michelle Obama, during the State of the

Union Address, dining with former US Attorney General Eric Holder and visiting Pope Francis. He routinely fields phone calls from people looking

to invest in Cuba. During five years in a Cuban military hospital, Mr Gross shed more than 100lb and lost five teeth.

Maryland Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen, who flew with other politicians and officials to retrieve Mr Gross, said his former constituent

is now a valuable advocate for normalising relations with Cuba. 'He's a great person to take on that cause because he has been the victim of this particular Cuban government,' Mr Van Hollen said.

'He knows the problems with this particular regime, but has lent his voice to those who recognise that the best way to improve the condition of the

Cuban people is to increase communications and interaction between our two peoples.'

Mr Gross says he has met members of the Congress to describe his experience. Mr Gross says, 'I'm angry at what happened. But my sincere interest

is to focus more on the next five years than the past five, and I think that I'll get over my anger. The clear majority of Cuban Americans are in favour of normalisation, and I think that's a demonstration that they are getting over their anger. They might have lost everything in Cuba, I lost

everything too'. ”

Droning on - and from way up there:- “Drones will spy from the stratosphere”, says a headline over a short item by Deborah Haynes, Defence

Editor, in The Times of 3-February which says, “Britain will buy the worlds first high-altitude drone to spy from the stratosphere for months at a time.

The solar-powered Zephyr aircraft will be used by special forces and regular soldiers as part of a £2 billion boost to intelligence gathering capabilities, defence sources said. The Ministry of Defence is to spend £10.6 million on two prototypes to be built in the UK. Test flights are

expected next year.

'They will be able to fly higher and for longer to gather constant, reliable information over vast areas,' Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary said. The aircraft flies at 70,000 ft, twice the height of a commercial airliner, but weighs only 30kg (66lb). The Zephyr, which travels at about 30mph is

called a high altitude pseudo-satellite because it is a cross between a drone and a satellite.

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It holds the record for the longest flight, 14 days, for an unrefuelled aircraft and could remain airborne for months thanks to its solar batteries.

It carries communications equipment that will enable soldiers standing 400 miles apart to talk via radio. Cameras will provide unprecedented continuous coverage of terrain.

The programme has been developed by Airbus Group in Farnborough. Its design is so commercially sensitive that even the blueprint for the two

propellers on its front is top secret.”

Point to Ponder:- “A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash

and waste, and such a society is a house built upon sand”. ( Dorothy L Sayers).

Spectre’s News Round

Now that Litvinenko's murder 'probably' points to Putin, what's next for British relations with Russia?

www.telegraph.co.uk 24-01-2016

Blame has been pinned unambiguously on the Russian state for the murder of the ex-KGB officer, but David Cameron seems to be doing little in response

Dealing with rogue states is easiest when they are weak and far away. A nuclear superpower on your doorstep with a penchant for murder is another matter.

That is the dilemma facing David Cameron in the wake of the inquiry into the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, which published its report on Thursday.

Had the 2006 poisoning of Mr Litvenenko, an ex-KGB officer, gone as planned, it would have attracted little notice. Polonium is a rare and normally undetectable

poison: it kills with alpha radiation, measurable only with highly specialised equipment.

In the small community of Russian émigré dissidents in London, the message would have been clear: you are allowed to leave the motherland, but if you mount

propaganda operations against the Kremlin, you will be killed.

MI6 would have been alarmed, too: Mr Litvenenko was on a modest monthly stipend in return for sharing his expertise into the overlap between high-level

corruption and organised crime. From its Vauxhall Cross headquarters, the spy agency was mounting a joint investigation with Spanish intelligence, code-named

Operation Vespa, into the Kremlin’s involvement in Russian gangsterdom in Spain.

Yet the mysterious death of a secret source would have not become a public scandal. It would not have led to the freezing of ties with the Russian security service,

the FSB. And it would not have led to a public inquiry, with a report unambiguously pinning blame on the Russian state for the murder of a British citizen in the

heart of London – in a way that exposed countless other people to radioactive contamination.

Only a last-minute hunch, to test Mr Litvinenko’s urine for alpha-radiation, gave the authorities an idea of what had really happened.

The initial response in late 2006 was robust. Russian intelligence officers were expelled from London. Contact with the FSB was reduced to the bare minimum –

over the Sochi Winter Olympics, for example.

But after that, Britain tried to get back to business as usual. The Blair-era honeymoon was over, but it was still deeply unfashionable to talk of containing, let alone

confronting the Kremlin.

It was after the Litvinenko murder that I began writing my book The New Cold War. When it was published in 2008, it attracted acclaim from hawkish Russia-

watchers, especially in eastern Europe. But the pinstriped consensus in London, Washington, Berlin and other capitals was that my book was alarmist nonsense.

Russia, the conventional wisdom maintained, was a capitalist country, albeit with some flaws. It had a pluralist political system, with elections, courts and

institutions. Mr Putin was an unpleasant fellow, but he had brought stability to his country and restored national pride. We could do business with him – both

commercial and diplomatic.

Those considerations far outweighed the anger felt about the murder of Mr Litvinenko. Although there was no doubt within our security and intelligence agencies

that the Russian state was directly involved in the affair, it was more convenient for politicians to pretend otherwise. Moreover the chorus of Kremlin-lovers in the

City, business and elsewhere had their own reasons to downplay the murder.

They helped push the exotic, distracting conspiracy theories swirled around the case. Mr Litvinenko, it was said, was hardly a hero. He hung out with dubious

characters – indeed, he was financially dependent on Boris Berezovsky, the late Russian émigré tycoon. He was a marginal figure, a gadfly. If someone swatted

him, too bad.

Mr Litvinenko is not the only person to pay with his life. Mr Putin’s time in power is peppered with unexplained, convenient deaths – in Russia and abroad. A year

ago, my friend Boris Nemtsov, a leader of Russia’s beleagured opposition, was gunned down in one of the most heavily policed parts of Moscow, within a stone’s

throw of the Kremlin.

Notable mysteries in this country include the British intelligence officer Gareth Williams – the “body in the bag” – who had been investigating Russian state

cooperation with international organised crime. He was found dead in the bath of his MI6 safehouse in Pimlico. The investigation into his death has got nowhere,

and reeks of a cover-up.

Alexander Perepilichny, who knew the details of a huge money-laundering scam involving corrupt senior Russian officials, was found dead near his Surrey home

in 2012. The local police, shamefully, did not believe that his whistleblowing could have a bearing on his murder. It has now turned out that he had traces of a rare

poison in his stomach. A full inquiry into that murder could have bring sensational revelations that would echo those surrounding Mr Litvinenko’s death.

Despite official indifference and obfuscation, Marina Litvinenko, and her son Anatoly, have maintained an astonishing dignity and resolve. Whatever faults her

husband had, his choice of spouse was admirable. Thanks to the admirable Ben Emmerson QC of Matrix Chambers, who offered his services free of charge, she

was able to surmount the many legal obstacles which the authorities placed in the way of a full inquiry.

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Whatever else may result from Sir Robert Owen’s report, it is at a minimum a triumphant vindication for the indomitable Mrs Litvinenko and her band of loyal

allies.

"MI5 has said that the number of Russian spies operating in the UK has reached Soviet era levels, between 30 and 40 in all."

Now she is demanding that Britain respond to the report with tough sanctions against Russia. But here she is all too likely to be disappointed. The overwhelming

(albeit mistaken) priority in Downing Street and the Foreign Office is to gain Russian support over Syria. Only the Kremlin, the thinking goes in London,

Washington and other Western capitals, can help bring the Assad regime in Damascus to the negotiating table.

Russia knows this. It uses the carnage in Syria as a basis for nationalist tub-thumbing at home, and for diplomatic mischief abroad. It pretends to be a potential

partner in the hope of extracting concessions. In truth, Kremlin ties to the murderous Syrian leadership are a prime cause of the war, not a potential solution.

To be fair, Britain’s policy towards Russia has changed substantially in recent years. We have strongly supported Nato’s tougher stance towards defending its

vulnerable frontline states in Eastern Europe. Britain is going to send 1,000 troops to Poland (not least because Mr Cameron wants Polish support in his

negotiations with the European Union). Britain has boosted its efforts, alone and with allies, to catch Russian spies. It has begun – belatedly but commendably – to

get to grips with Russia’s propaganda offensive in the West.

Theresa May gave a stern-sounding statement in the Commons on Thursday, where she announced an asset freeze against the two men named by the inquiry as

perpetrators of the murder: Dmitry Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoi.

But it hardly seems likely that these two men have any assets in the British financial system. They may be scoundrels, but they are not stupid.

Meanwhile, MI5 has said that the number of Russian spies operating in the UK has reached Soviet era levels, between 30 and 40 in all. Though they are

presumably working hard to recruit sources, nobody gets prosecuted for cooperating with them.

Far more effective would be to investigate the tide of Russian dirty money which swills through the streets of the City. British banks, law firms, accountants and

others have behaved with blatant, shameless greed in their dealings with Russia.

Our most important company, BP, is in bed with Rosneft, an oil company which is a loosely disguised arm of the Russian state. Its riches are based on theft: a

fixed auction in which it picked up the most valuable assets of Yukos, once Russia’s foremost oil company.

Yukos was doomed when its founder, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, publicly accused Mr Putin of corruption. The oilman went to jail, and his company was bankrupted

in a series of financial show trials. Rosneft picked up the pieces for a pittance.

Yet the City of London saw nothing wrong in allowing Rosneft to list its shares in 2006 – only weeks before Mr Litvinenko was murdered. That was the

equivalent of letting foreigners sell stolen property on the streets of London. Far from calling the police, our financiers queued up to take a cut.

Such behaviour does not just corrupt our own system. It sends a dreadful message to Russia, too. It makes the Russian leadership believe that our system is not

essentially different from theirs. Money rules and might is right. We just disguise it better with a lot of talk about democracy and the rule of law.

Sir Robert Owen, with his formidable intellect and forensic questioning, epitomises the real strength of the British system. He has produced a flawless report:

lucid, measured and convincing. Its devastating, irrefutable conclusion of state-sponsored murder is embarrassing to our government. One cannot imagine that

happening in Russia.

Judicial integrity may be little consolation, though, as Britain’s political leadership wiggles away from actually doing anything in response to an astonishing,

brazen crime by a country which believes – apparently rightly – that it can get away with murder.

www.telegraph.co.uk

More Russian spies in Britain now than during Cold War, security expert claims

www.rt.com 25-01-2016

Potentially more Russian spies are operating in Britain now than during the Cold War, a Russian security expert has said.

Speaking to the Times on Monday, Moscow-based journalist and intelligence expert Andrey Soldatov said there are a least 30 Russian spooks spread across the

UK operating under diplomatic cover or a false identity. A third group of spies are Russian nationals, often businessmen, who live openly in the UK, he said.

Soldatov said each of these groups are recruited and trained by Russian security services to collect intelligence. London and towns and cities close to Royal Navy

bases are reportedly common targets.

He claims there are currently three Russian intelligence bodies with active operatives in the UK: the GRU military intelligence agency; the SVR foreign

intelligence service; and the FSB.

Russian agents are allegedly gathering secret data on the UK’s military campaign in Syria, on military technology and science, and on political developments in

Westminster.

Soldatov, who was branded perhaps the most “prominent critic of Russia’s surveillance apparatus” by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2014, has been

interrogated by FSB investigators on a number of occasions.

“The FSB is mostly concerned with gathering information about people who might present some kind of threat to the authorities in Russia, such as Russian

dissidents living in the UK,” he said.

Evidence of British and US spy activities in Russia has also captured headlines.

MI6 was reportedly forced to suspend spy activity due to exposure in “hostile states” following Snowden’s leaks. In June 2015, the Sunday Times alleged both

Moscow and Beijing had cracked top-secret encrypted documents leaked by Snowden and thus learnt of MI6 methods.

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The paper cited unnamed officials in Prime Minister David Cameron’s office, the Home Office and national security services as its sources.

Snowden, who fled to Russia via Hong Kong in June 2013, is believed to have collected some 1.7 million documents from US government computers. He

maintains he leaked them to secure privacy and civil liberties worldwide.

London is perceived by some as a safe haven for Russian opposition figures who have fled their homeland. Soldatov’s remarks come after a UK inquiry found that

Russian President Vladimir Putin “probably sanctioned” the murder of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006.

In the wake of the inquiry, Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham called upon the government to review the death of a second Russian dissident that occurred on

British soil.

Businessman Aleksandr Perepilichny had fled to Britain after uncovering information linked to an investigation into a £148 million (US$211 million) Russian

money-laundering operation.

In the run up to his death, he was working to uncover fraud in Swiss bank accounts, while also being sued by a Moscow consultancy firm. Police had initially

excluded the possibility of foul play following his death in 2012, but a preliminary inquest hearing in 2015 revealed that the tycoon may have been poisoned by a

rare substance.

Reflecting on the matter, Burnham suggested Perepilichny’s inquest be upgraded to a public inquiry. The Russian businessman was one of two men named as the

main suspects in the murder of Litvinenko.

In December, Britain’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) was told that GCHQ is “persistent” in its hacking of phones and computers across the globe. The spy

agency’s surveillance techniques include microphones and cameras built into devices to spy on people, and technology that locates peoples’ position and accesses

their documents.

www.rt.com

China denies spy charge against Canadian is retribution against Ottawa

www.theglobeandmail.com 29-01-2016

The Chinese government has denied claims it has charged a Canadian man with spying as an act of retribution for the arrest and extradition proceedings against a

Chinese man wanted by the United States for allegedly stealing fighter-jet documents.

Kevin Garratt was indicted this week after investigators “discovered some new evidence” regarding his “accumulation of information in China,” foreign ministry

spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Friday.

“The competent Chinese authorities will deal with the case in accordance with the law,” she said, in response to a question from The Globe and Mail about the

links between Mr. Garratt’s indictment and the case against Su Bin, a Chinese man accused by American authorities of masterminding a hacking plot to steal

military secrets. He was arrested in Vancouver not long before Mr. Garratt was detained in China with his wife, Julia, nearly 18 months ago.

The Christian couple ran a coffee shop and conducted humanitarian work in Dandong, a Chinese city on the border with North Korea. Julia Garratt has since been

released on bail, but barred from leaving China or speaking with media.

The couple’s children have expressed disbelief that they could be spies after living in China for much of the last three decades running kindergartens and

community centres supported by Canadian church groups.

Canadian officials have said they believe the two have become pawns used by Beijing as a tit-for-tat against Ottawa.

The cases against Mr. Su and Mr. Garratt bear a number of parallels. Mr. Su was arrested on June 28, 2014; the Garratts were detained on Aug. 4 of that year.

Mr. Su is suspected of stealing and selling military secrets, Mr. Garratt of “accepting tasks” to gather intelligence on China for Canadian spy services.

Mr. Su is midway through an appeal of a judicial order committing him to extradition. U.S. Department of Justice documents revealed by The Globe and Mail on

Jan. 22 say two “Chinese military officers” played key roles. Mr. Bin stands accused of giving hacking advice “to a foreign power.”

China subsequently denied that its military was involved, and Mr. Garratt was indicted six days after the Globe report on charges of spying and stealing state

secrets, according to a brief announcement made by China’s state-run Xinhua news agency.

The charges against Mr. Garratt present a new test for the Justin Trudeau government, which has sought to dramatically improve Canada’s relations with China,

including talks toward a free-trade agreement.

They have also illustrated how the Chinese justice system can be used as a political tool.

Mr. Garratt is being held in a Chinese detention centre in Dandong, and has only been allowed to see lawyers once in nearly a year and a half. He has suffered

health problems over the course of his long custody, and has not yet received a chance to defend himself in court.

The Chinese justice system mandates time standards for investigating suspects and bringing them to trial. But it is riddled with so many loopholes and exceptions –

particularly in politically sensitive cases – “that it is possible to simultaneously handle the case in accordance with the law and hold somebody for an extended

period of time in ways that violate all expectations for due process and fair trail under international law,” said Joshua Rosenzweig, an independent human-rights

researcher in Hong Kong.

“So they can really take as long as they want.”

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James Zimmerman, a Beijing-based lawyer for the Garratt family, said he could not comment on the indictment reported in Chinese media, saying he would wait

to receive official documents from the court.

In Beijing, meanwhile, China’s foreign ministry also batted away concerns from the Garratts’ extended family that the couple were detained because of their

Christian faith.

“He has been indicted because of spying and stealing China’s state secrets,” Ms. Hua said. “It has nothing to do with his religion.”

www.theglobeandmail.com

Longstanding US-UK Spying on Israeli Military Operations. Israel Also Spies America…

www.globalresearch.ca 31-01-2016

It’s no surprise. Nations routinely spy on allies and adversaries. Today’s sophisticated technology makes it easier than ever.

On Friday, Israeli and Western media reported Washington and Britain accessed Israeli military aircraft video feeds – letting them monitor IDF operations in Gaza,

along with watching for potential strikes on Iran.

US and UK intelligence cracked special IDF encryption years ago. They’ve been monitoring communications between Israeli warplanes, drones and military

bases.

Edward Snowden-released NSA documents and photos revealed it. Israel expressed disappointment but not surprise, over-hyping what it called “an

earthquake…the worst leak in the history of (its) intelligence.”

Tracking is done from a Royal Air Force installation near Mount Olympus, the highest point on Cyprus.

An anonymous Israeli official said the breach means Washington and Britain “forcibly stripped us, and, no less important, that probably none of our encrypted

systems are safe from them.”

A 2008 UK intelligence (GCHQ) report called access “indispensable for maintaining an understanding of Israeli military training and operations, and thus an

insight into possible future developments in the region.”

“In times of crisis, this access is critical and one of the only avenues to provide up to the minute information and support to US and allied operations in the area.”

The White House declined to comment, only saying spying is conducted for national security reasons. It’s espionage, stealing other countries’ secrets for political,

economic and military advantage.

It’s not about keeping us safe. America hasn’t had an enemy since Japan surrendered at WW II’s end.

Domestic spying has nothing to do with national security. It’s for control, transforming America into a police state, its most disadvantaged citizens victimized,

thousands wrongfully imprisoned for political reasons.

Earlier released Snowden documents revealed global NSA spying, at home and abroad, including on allied world leaders. Big Brother is real, no longer fiction.

Privacy no longer exists.

Unconstitutional mass surveillance is standard practice. Obama escalated what his predecessors began, secretly authorizing illegal intrusions into the lives of

ordinary US citizens, monitoring their electronic and telephonic communications without judicial authorization, waging war on freedom, spying more aggressively

worldwide than any previous regime in history.

Netanyahu spokesman Mark Regev once said “Israel does not spy on the United States of America.”

Not according to the CIA, calling Israel America’s main regional spy threat. Numerous Israeli officials are involved – with close ties to foreign military,

intelligence and criminal sources.

In 2011, former CIA counterintelligence/military intelligence officer Philip Giraldi accused Israel of stealing everything it gets its hands one, including military,

political, industrial, commercial, technological, economic and financial secrets.

Annual FBI reports prominently feature Israeli spying on America. Washington’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) earlier said Israel “conducts the most

aggressive espionage operation against the United States of any US ally.”

The Pentagon accused Israel of “actively engag(ing) in military and industrial espionage in the United States. An Israeli citizen working in the US who has access

to proprietary information is likely to be a target of such espionage.”

Despite longstanding close ties, past and current US national security officials consider Israel a frustrating ally, a genuine counterintelligence threat.

Its technical capability and human resources match some of America’s best – with direct access to top-level US political, military and intelligence sources,

enlisting them to steal American secrets.

Israel gets virtually anything it wants from Washington, its intrusive spying overlooked.

Their imperial ties matter more, longstanding partners in naked aggression and other high crimes.

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The Washington Post 23/02/2016

Russia wants to fly more spy planes over the U.S., and the Pentagon can’t stop it

In this March 27, 2008, file photo, the Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Russia filed a request Monday to fly a spy plane carrying advanced digital cameras over the United States. The move presents the United States with a dilemma:

How does Washington respond at a time when Moscow and Washington are at odds over Syria and Ukraine and senior U.S. defense officials have identified

Russia as the No. 1 existential threat to America?

It would be complicated for the United States to block Russia’s request. The Treaty on Open Skies, which was first approved in 1992 and went into effect in 2002,

allows signatories to fly unarmed aircraft carrying video and still cameras, infrared scanning devices and certain forms of radar over the territory of other treaty

members. Inspections are carried out to make sure the cameras used meet the terms of treaty and are not too powerful.

Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said Monday that the treaty, which was ratified by the Senate, helps prevent any misinterpretation of military action

that could lead to armed conflict.

“We have to remember that while we have pretty good intelligence on a lot of the world, a lot of other countries don’t necessarily have that great of intelligence on

us,” Davis said. “So, in the interest of transparency and [avoiding] miscalculation on their part, sometimes it’s worthwhile to allow them to have a look at what

you’re doing or what you’re not doing.”

Davis said the United States carries out Open Skies flights regularly, and Russia “has done it many times before,” as well. In 2014, for example, U.S. pilots

described flying Open Skies missions over Russia from Yokota Air Base in Japan.

But concerns have been raised about allowing Russia to carry out more Open Skies flights. In a letter from Adm. Cecil Haney to Rep. Mike Rogers (R.-Ala.)

obtained by The Associated Press, the admiral said the treaty has become a critical component of Russia’s collection of intelligence against the United States.

“In addition to overflying military installations, Russian Open Skies flights can overfly and collect on Department of Defense and national security or national

critical infrastructure,” wrote Haney, chief of the U.S. Strategic Command. “The vulnerability exposed by exploitation of this data and costs of mitigation are

increasingly difficult to characterize.”

In this March 27, 2008, file photo, the Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Russia filed a request Monday to fly a spy plane carrying advanced digital cameras over the United States. The move presents the United States with a dilemma:

How does Washington respond at a time when Moscow and Washington are at odds over Syria and Ukraine and senior U.S. defense officials have identified

Russia as the No. 1 existential threat to America?

It would be complicated for the United States to block Russia’s request. The Treaty on Open Skies, which was first approved in 1992 and went into effect in 2002,

allows signatories to fly unarmed aircraft carrying video and still cameras, infrared scanning devices and certain forms of radar over the territory of other treaty

members. Inspections are carried out to make sure the cameras used meet the terms of treaty and are not too powerful.

Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said Monday that the treaty, which was ratified by the Senate, helps prevent any misinterpretation of military action

that could lead to armed conflict.

“We have to remember that while we have pretty good intelligence on a lot of the world, a lot of other countries don’t necessarily have that great of intelligence on

us,” Davis said. “So, in the interest of transparency and [avoiding] miscalculation on their part, sometimes it’s worthwhile to allow them to have a look at what

you’re doing or what you’re not doing.”

Davis said the United States carries out Open Skies flights regularly, and Russia “has done it many times before,” as well. In 2014, for example, U.S. pilots

described flying Open Skies missions over Russia from Yokota Air Base in Japan.

Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the nominee to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called Russia's behavior "nothing short of alarming" at a Senate Armed Services

Committee hearing on his nomination.

But concerns have been raised about allowing Russia to carry out more Open Skies flights. In a letter from Adm. Cecil Haney to Rep. Mike Rogers (R.-Ala.)

obtained by The Associated Press, the admiral said the treaty has become a critical component of Russia’s collection of intelligence against the United States.

“In addition to overflying military installations, Russian Open Skies flights can overfly and collect on Department of Defense and national security or national

critical infrastructure,” wrote Haney, chief of the U.S. Strategic Command. “The vulnerability exposed by exploitation of this data and costs of mitigation are

increasingly difficult to characterize.”

Marine Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, the military’s top intelligence officer, said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing last year that he was “very

concerned” about how Russia was using the Open Skies treaty to observe the United States, but declined to elaborate in an open, unclassified hearing.

“The Open Skies construct was designed for a different era,” Stewart said, adding that he would “love” to talk about it in a session closed to the public.

Treaty members have examined how to modernize the agreement to account for digital cameras, rather than “wet film” devices that were widely used when the

treaty was adopted.

The new Russian request comes as Turkey and Russia argue over planned Russian Open Skies flights over southern Turkey that were planned for this month.

Russian officials said the requests were denied by the government in Ankara in open violation of the treaty. The rejection “testifies to the desire of the Turkish side

to hide some activity probably taking place in areas that the Russian plane was to have flown over,” according to Russia’s TASS news agency.

Turkey dismissed the allegations, saying in a statement that observation flights are performed when both parties reach an agreement on a mission plan. Russia and

Turkey have exchanged a series of tense messages since Nov. 24, when Turkey shot down a Russian bomber near Turkey’s border.

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Reuters 26/02/2016

Putin to spy service: Defend Russian elections from foreign foes

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had seen specific intelligence suggesting Russia's foreign enemies were preparing for

parliamentary elections later this year and ordered the security service to head off any external interference.

Putin, addressing the country's FSB security service, said foreign intelligence agencies had become much more active in 2015 and that the activities of more than

400 foreign spies had been thwarted with 23 of them charged with criminal offences.

He singled out parliamentary elections in September - which will be held at a time when Russia is navigating an economic crisis fueled by low oil prices, Western

sanctions, and a weak rouble - as a particular threat to the Kremlin.

"We need to head off any external attempts to interfere in the elections, in our domestic political life," said Putin. "You know that certain kinds of (political)

technologies exist and have already been used in many countries."

Referring to what he said was a direct threat to Russia's sovereignty, he said the FSB had supplied him with specific intelligence that "foreign enemies" were

preparing for the elections.

"Everyone should know that we will assiduously work to defend our interests."

Russia Today 27/02/2016

CIA tried to kill Castro by lacing diving suit with tuberculosis

The CIA reportedly came up with some outlandish plots to kill former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, but this could just be the craziest yet. The US National Security

Archive published information that Washington tried to give Castro a diving suit contaminated with tuberculosis.

The National Security Archive alleges that the US government contacted lawyer James Donovan to conduct secret negotiations with Castro. Given Donavan’s

connections to the Cuban leader, the CIA believed they could use this to their advantage to try and assassinate Castro.

“At some point during Donovan’s negotiations with Castro” several officials in the covert operations division “devised a plan to have Donovan be the unwitting

purveyor of a diving suit and breathing apparatus, respectively contaminated with Madura foot fungus and tuberculosis bacteria, as a gift for Castro,” a passage

from the National Security Archive reveals.

However, the plan was ultimately shelved after Donovan’s handler Milan Miskovsky, a CIA lawyer, told him to make sure that the diving suit he had managed to

obtain for Castro was not tampered with by the CIA.

Donovan met with Castro in 1963 and during one of those meetings, handed over a diving suit and a watch as a gift. The diving suit was chosen because both

Donovan and Castro enjoyed diving. However, the suit was not contaminated following Miskovsky’s tipoff.

Donovan is the central figure in the Oscar-nominated movie, “Bridge of Spies,” with his role in the film played by actor Tom Hanks. During the film he tries to

negotiate the exchange of captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Soviet intelligence agent Rudolf Abel.

While one of the most famous plots to try and kill Castro involved an exploding cigar, which was meant to blow up in his face, declassified information mentioned

how the CIA also plotted to try and use the Cuban leader’s love of strawberry milkshakes to try and kill him.

There was also another plot, which was to play on Castro’s fascination with scuba diving, the CIA reportedly invested in a number of scuba-related items. The idea

was to find a shell big enough to catch his attention and to fit enough explosives to serve as a booby trap.

The last attempt surfaced in 2000 when Miami exiles planned to blow up an auditorium in Panama where Castro was scheduled to give a speech.

Salon 27/02/2016

Secrets, lies and the iPhone: A CIA whistleblower talks about Obama’s bizarre secrecy obsession — and why Hillary and Bernie won’t talk about it

This isn't about Apple vs. the FBI — it's about a "progressive" president with a dismal record on civil liberties

It’s one of the enduring mysteries of Barack Obama’s presidency, as it sinks toward the sunset: How did this suave and intelligent guy, with the cosmopolitan

demeanor, the sardonic sense of humor and the instinct for an irresistible photo-op, end up running the most hidden, most clandestine and most secrecy-obsessed

administration in American history? And what does the fact that nobody in the 2016 campaign — not Bernie Sanders, not Hillary Clinton, not anybody — ever

talks about this mean for the future? The answer to the second question is easy: Nothing good. The answer to the first one might be that those things are unrelated:

Personality doesn’t tell us anything about policy, and our superficial judgments about political leaders are often meaningless.

Bill Moyers warned me about this some years ago, when I asked him how he evaluated George W. Bush as a person. He wasn’t much interested in character or

personality in politics, he said. Lyndon Johnson had been one of the most difficult people he’d ever known, and Moyers had never liked him, but Johnson was an

extraordinarily effective politician. I wasn’t sharp enough to ask the obvious follow-up question, which was whether Johnson’s personal flaws had fed into his

disastrous policy errors in Vietnam.

Bill Moyers has forgotten more about politics than I will ever know, but the thing is, I do perceive a relationship between surface and substance, and I believe we

learn something important about people almost right away. George W. Bush was profoundly incurious about the world, and insulated by layers of smarter people

and money. Richard Nixon was always a creep. Bill Clinton wanted to make you cry and get your panties off. Ronald Reagan never had any idea what day it was.

Barack Obama seems like a smart, funny, cool guy, and maybe he’s too much of all those things for his own good.

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Maybe we will look back decades from now and perceive the Obama paradox — the baffling relationship between his appealing persona and his abysmal record

on surveillance, government secrecy and national security — in a different light. For one thing, whatever they told him between November of 2008 and January of

2009 must have been really scary.

I called up John Kiriakou, a former CIA agent who spent 23 months in federal prison thinking this stuff over, to see if he could help. Kiriakou is one of the nine

government leakers or whistleblowers that the Obama White House and/or the Justice Department has sought to prosecute under the Espionage Act, a law passed

under Woodrow Wilson during World War I that was meant to target double agents working for foreign governments. (Among the other eight actual or

prospective defendants are Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden.) Under all previous presidents, incurious George included, the Espionage Act was used for

that purpose exactly three times. If you’re keeping score, that’s nine attempted prosecutions in seven years, versus three in 91 years.

Kiriakou had a whole lot to say, especially about former Attorney General Eric Holder and current CIA director John Brennan, whom he sees as the prime movers

behind the administration’s secrets-and-lies agenda — and also as the guys who railroaded him over what he describes as a minor indiscretion. Kiriakou spent 15

years in the CIA, first as an analyst and then as a covert operative. He was involved in the capture of Abu Zubaydah, and apparently knew that the alleged senior

al-Qaida operative was waterboarded by CIA interrogators, although he was not directly involved.

Kiriakou’s decision to talk about CIA torture in a 2007 interview ultimately landed him in prison. But it’s an arcane and suggestive tale and, at least officially, his

crime had nothing to do with what he said about Zubaydah and waterboarding. Kiriakou revealed the last name of a covert agent — inadvertently and in passing,

he says — to an ABC News journalist named Matthew Cole, who said he was planning to write a book but was actually gathering information for defense lawyers

working with detainees at Guantánamo Bay. Later, Kiriakou believes, Cole became a government informant. The whole thing would puzzle John le Carré and

Immanuel Kant put together.

Even though Kiriakou’s purported offense occurred when George W. Bush was in the White House, it was Obama’s Justice Department that decided to investigate

and prosecute him, a three-year process that left him bankrupt, unemployed and more than a million dollars in debt. In the end, he would up spending nearly two

years in prison because he mentioned one person’s last name in one email. When it comes to why the Obama administration has repeatedly taken that approach,

Kiriakou sounds just about as puzzled as the rest of us.

I laid out my limited understanding of the Obama paradox, pretty much the way I did a few paragraphs ago, and Kiriakou sighed. “If this had not happened to me,

I would be looking at the Obama presidency as one of the most successful and most progressive presidencies in my lifetime, on everything from gay rights to the

economy,” he said. “His foreign policy has been largely successful, if you don’t necessarily focus on the Middle East. But I just can’t get past these whistleblower

prosecutions, most especially my own.

“People ask me all the time if I blame Obama for this, and I tell them I don’t think Obama has any idea who I am,” he went on. Holder and Brennan had the

president’s ear, Kiriakou believes, and for reasons of their own they were devoted to punishing all leakers who made the administration look bad. “I still have

friends in the White House. I still have friends in the CIA. They tell me that it was John Brennan who was the real impetus behind these prosecutions, when he was

assistant national security advisor for counterterrorism. Brennan was obsessed with leaks just like Holder was obsessed with leaks, and it was Brennan who pushed

these prosecutions forward.”

What we see now, at the tail end of Obama’s presidency, is the FBI (which is under the authority of the Justice Department and hence the White House) trying to

force Apple to hack open the world’s most popular and beloved handheld device, one of whose principal selling points is its unbreakable encryption. Although the

president has taken no visible role in the iPhone struggle, it exemplifies what you might call the Obama line: I’m a reasonable guy and this is a special case. Don’t

you trust me with your secrets?

“People just don’t seem to understand that this case has very broad civil liberties connotations,” Kiriakou says. “This is not a fight between Apple and the FBI. If

Apple allows the FBI in this one time, what’s gonna stop them from asking another time? Indeed, the FBI has now asked for access to nine different phones in nine

different cases. All the other cases are drug cases. So that has started already. Then, if such a back door exists, repressive regimes are going to use it and hackers

are going to use it and the next thing you know everybody’s got access to your phone. I mean, haven’t we given up enough of our civil liberties already? All these

incremental losses of our civil liberties over the years, that people either don’t sense or don’t care about, are bad enough. Now we have to worry about the FBI

going into our phones anytime they want.”

Obama came into office promising to run the most transparent and open White House in history and has done precisely the opposite. His administration has kept

entire areas of national security, intelligence and anti-terrorism policy under the cloak of executive privilege. That includes the drone war that has killed several

thousand people in at least six different countries. Despite the best efforts of international watchdog groups, we will probably never know its full scale and scope,

or how many civilians have died in drone strikes.

It also includes the infamous “kill list” of individuals whom the president has personally determined are subject to summary execution without trial. If one person

has Obama’s ear on this question, it would seem to be John Brennan, who during his tenure at the CIA has transformed the agency into a clandestine military force

with no uniforms, no systems of accountability and no obligation to respect the ordinary rules of war.

At least two known individuals on the kill list have been United States citizens, including the influential al-Qaida imam Anwar al-Awlaki, who was born in New

Mexico. (Awlaki’s teenage son, also an American citizen, was himself killed by a drone a few weeks after his father. His death is believed to have been collateral

damage.) It was a year and a half after Awlaki’s death before the legal framework that supposedly authorized the president to kill him was discussed in public, and

that only happened after a non-classified Justice Department memo was leaked to the press, perhaps with permission from above.

That all sounds like old news in the middle of an increasingly unhinged election year whose sole foreign policy issue is the national panic over ISIS, a group that,

if we stretch the point, might plausibly be held responsible for the deaths of a few dozen Americans. But just because none of this is a campaign issue does not

mean it has gone away. Drone pilots are beginning to speak out about the video-game deaths they inflict on strangers thousands of miles away. A group of Air

Force veterans recently published a letter to Obama in the Guardian describing the drone war as a “fundamental recruitment tool” for groups like ISIS and a

driving force of terrorism. The wife of another imprisoned CIA leaker, Jeffrey Sterling (who has consistently denied any wrongdoing), has mounted a campaign

aimed at convincing Obama to pardon her husband before he leaves office, which is one reason I had John Kiriakou’s phone number.

On the other end of the spectrum, Donald Trump has captured a different segment of the national mood by suggesting that however many people Obama is killing

in secret, it isn’t enough. Other Republican candidates are somewhat less eager to talk about the drone war or the previous president’s policies of “extraordinary

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rendition” and “enhanced interrogation.” Trump, to say the least, is not other Republicans. He has more or less promised to bring back the Bush torture policy on

steroids, stripped of any prevarication or mixed emotions.

It would be ludicrous to expect Hillary Clinton, a longtime national-security insider with close ties to the intelligence community, to adopt a different approach in

the White House. Kiriakou says that an aide to Bernie Sanders wrote him a letter while he was in prison, telling him that the Vermont senator believed he had

provided an important national service by revealing the CIA torture program. But issues of surveillance, spying and secrecy are never mentioned in Sanders’ fire-

and-brimstone campaign speeches, which largely focus on the “free stuff.” That’s “extremely disappointing,” Kiriakou says, but suggests that Sanders’ team tested

out that material and discovered that it didn’t resonate with voters.

So what’s the deal with Barack Obama? How did our coolest-ever president also turn out to be the one who pursued leakers and whistleblowers with a

vengefulness and vigor without precedent in American history? To paraphrase what one of Stalin’s defeated rivals wrote in a letter to the dictator on the eve of his

execution, why was John Kiriakou’s destruction useful or necessary to Obama? “I’m not sure that I can answer that question,” Kiriakou said, “and, believe me,

I’ve thought about this a lot over the last four years.”

Then he pretty much did answer it, and the answer is depressing. “When you’ve got four shiny stars on your shoulder and you’re described as the ‘president’s

favorite general’ and you say something that makes the president look good, you’re not going to get an espionage charge.” He is talking there about retired Gen.

James Cartwright, who is suspected of leaking info about Stuxnet, the CIA computer virus that targeted Iran’s nuclear program, but was never prosecuted. “Or

when you have those four shiny stars on your shoulder and you leak to your freaking girlfriend the names of 10 covert operatives, you get a pass.” That would be

Gen. David Petraeus, the former CIA head who revealed far more information than Kiriakou did, and served no jail time.

“Or when you’re Hillary Clinton and you’ve got whatever it is now, 83 top-secret documents on your private server, you’re gonna get a pass,” Kiriakou continued.

“It’s when you report on waste, fraud, abuse or illegality, or you embarrass the government or contradict a policy, that’s when the whole weight of the government

is gonna crash down on your head.”

The Guardian 28/02/2016

Keeping mum: Hugh Bonneville reveals his mother worked at MI6

Downton Abbey actor tells Desert Island Discs his mother never discussed her work and he only made the connection years later

A child’s view of their parents’ job can often be somewhat vague at the best of times. But the actor Hugh Bonneville has revealed that it was only decades later

that he found out where his mother was going to work: MI6 .

Bonneville, best known for his long stint playing the Earl of Grantham in ITV’s Downton Abbey, told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs that even long into her

retirement his mother refused to say what her work had involved.

“When I was about 10 she said: ‘I’m going to go and take a job for three days a week,’ and I burst into tears and said: ‘You’re leaving me, you hate me. I’m going

to pack my bags and leave now. You’re an awful mother,’” the actor recalled, in quotes released to newspapers before the Sunday broadcast.

He continued: “Spin forward 30 more years and she’d retired. And we used to drop her off at her office sometimes at Lambeth North and I opened the newspaper

one day and it said: ‘Century House, MI6 building, to be sold.’

“I looked at the photograph and I said: ‘Mum, that’s your office,’ and she said: ‘Hmmm, yes, dear,’ and I said: ‘You’re a spy!’ And she said: ‘No, I’m not a spy,

dear.’”

If his mother – known as “the Colonel” to some friends – was indeed not a spy, then both Bonneville and his father never discovered what she did.

After her death aged 85, the actor said, he asked his father whether she had discussed the work. “He said: ‘Never – she just went to the office.’”

Bonneville nonetheless said he thought the work was more likely to have been administrative rather than frontline. “So all I know is she didn’t have special

umbrellas or knives coming out of her toecaps or anything like that.

“She did just work in the office but I’m extremely proud, not only that she found fulfilment in that work, as well as bringing up us kids, but that she never spoke

about it.”

In other quotes released in advance by the BBC, Bonneville recounted the pressure of filming his Downton Abbey scenes with Dame Maggie Smith, who played

his formidable mother.

“I can remember the very first scene I did with her and I was absolutely terrified, and I think I can remember the last scene with her and I was absolutely terrified,”

he said.

“She is the most astonishing actress. Her wit is legendary, as you say, and she doesn’t suffer fools. And you raise your game, you have to.”

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From 'E'

Russia’s spying on Britain is back to Cold War level [See also RT piece from Spectre 3000].

Plymouth, home to Devonport, the largest naval base in western Europe, could be a target for Russian spies

Marc Bennetts Moscow

January 25 2016

The number of Russian spies operating in Britain is comparable or higher than during the Cold War, according to Russia’s leading expert on President Putin’s

security services. Andrei Soldatov, a Moscow-based journalist and author, said that some operate under diplomatic cover while others — so-called “illegal” agents

— use false identities to pose as British citizens.

A third group of agents are Russian nationals, often businessmen, living openly in Britain. “These people are usually recruited and trained by the Russian security

services to gather intelligence,” he said.

Besides London, towns and cities close to Royal Navy bases are targets, he said. There are three Russian intelligence services with active agents in Britain: the

GRU military intelligence agency, the SVR foreign intelligence service, and the FSB, the main successor agency to the KGB. Mr Soldatov said that the agents

were involved in activities including gathering secret information on Britain’s military campaign in Syria, on military hardware, science and technology, and on

Westminster politics.

Russians opposed to Mr Putin’s long rule are also a target. “The FSB is mostly concerned with gathering information about people who might present some kind

of threat to the authorities in Russia, such as Russian dissidents living in the UK,” Mr Soldatov said.

Mr Soldatov, who in 2014 was named “perhaps the single most prominent critic of Russia’s surveillance apparatus” by the CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden,

has been questioned by FSB investigators a number of times.

His comments come after an inquiry found that President Putin, a former FSB chief and KGB officer, probably approved the murder of the dissident Alexander

Litvinenko in London.

London has become something of a home-from-home for opposition figures forced to flee Russia to escape jail or worse. On Thursday, Andy Burnham, the

shadow home secretary, said that the government should review the security of other Russians who could be at risk.

Vladimir Ashurkov, a banker turned opposition activist, left Russia in 2014 shortly before prosecutors there charged him with fraud. “I definitely feel more secure

on the streets of London than in Moscow, where I would be arrested on politically motivated charges,” he said. Mr Ashurkov, who denies the fraud charges, was

granted political asylum last year.

“I hope that the British security services have taken stricter measures after the Litvinenko murder and more recently after [the liberal politician] Boris Nemtsov’s

murder in Moscow, and that a Russian operative would not be able to roam the streets of London unhindered,” he said.

GCHQ rejected me over my loyalty to God, says chess star: Chess Master loses employment tribunal appeal over claim he was refused job because of his

admission

By Christian Gysin for the Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3290913/GCHQ-rejected-loyalty-God-says-chess-star-Chess-Master-loses-employment-tribunal-appeal-claim-refused-

job-admission.html

A Chess master claims he was turned down for a job at the top secret GCHQ intelligence base because of his 'devout' Christianity and 'loyalty to God over his

country'.

Charlie Storey insisted his admissions – which also included drug-taking as a young man - were behind his rejection for a highly prized job after he went through a

gruelling selection process at the listening station in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

He was eventually turned down for the job for 'national security' reasons, and later lost an Employment Tribunal case heard in Bristol before he launched an appeal

against that decision.

Charlie Storey insisted his admissions – which also included drug-taking as a young man - were behind his rejection for a highly prized job

Now an Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that he did not miss out on the job because of his religious beliefs or the drugs issue.

Mr Storey, 44, from Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, has always maintained that speaking about his religious beliefs cost him the chance of the job at GCHQ.

During the interview process he told GCHQ officials that 'without doubt, if required to choose between his loyalty to his country and his loyalty to God, he would

choose his loyalty to God whatever the outcome'.

While he admitted he had taken recreational drugs for a period of nine months, he regarded this as the actions of a young man and said he was now

psychologically fit and well.

However, in a further twist GCHQ learned from his medical records that he had suffered a 'drug-induced psychosis' in 1991 when he was just 20

During the interview process he told GCHQ officials that 'without doubt, if required to choose between his loyalty to his country and his loyalty to God, he would

choose his loyalty to God whatever the outcome'

After attending a string of vetting interviews more than six years ago, Mr Storey was finally informed that he was not regarded as a 'suitable candidate' in 2009 and

was therefore refused security clearance.

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Mr Storey - who is a computer forensics specialist and a World Chess Federation Grand Master – had claimed at his original employment tribunal two years ago

that he had been a victim of both religious and disability discrimination.

In a hearing which was held partly behind closed doors for 'security reasons' it was claimed that concerns about Mr Storey were raised partly because of his

religious beliefs and the drug issue.

But the tribunal then ruled that his devout Christian beliefs and past disability linked to drugs and a psychotic episode were not the overriding reason for the refusal

of security clearance.

While GCHQ admitted it has a policy that it would rarely consider job applicants who had ever suffered bipolar disorder or a psychotic illness, the tribunal said

this 'did not amount to a blanket ban'.

The Bristol-based panel subsequently ruled that Mr Storey had not been less favourably treated because of his disability or religious beliefs.

The decision of the tribunal has now been backed and confirmed in an Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling by The Honourable Mrs Justice Simler (correct).

The judge in her decision said GCHQ's security concerns were 'separate and distinct' from Mr Storey's past disability and his religious beliefs were also of 'no

concern' in themselves.

She ruled that GCHQ were therefore entitled to conclude that 'the effect those beliefs might have on his behaviour and judgment in the workplace' did raise

national security issues.

On a recent chess blog, Mr Storey wrote how he was hoping for a multi-million pay-out.

He said: 'I am looking forward to recycling my discrimination pay-out of anything up to £5 million into developing Junior Chess through my 'The National Chess

Syllabus & Bandana Exam System'.'

The qualified science teacher now plans to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights.

He said after the latest ruling: 'The whole process has been ridiculous. I've been fighting this for seven years and the next stage is Europe.'

Mr Storey's CV reveals he is an IT security consultant and 'qualified ethical hacker' who also runs his own computer repairs business. He gives online advice to

advanced chess players and has coached some of the England chess squad juniors.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3290913/GCHQ-rejected-loyalty-God-says-chess-star-Chess-Master-loses-employment-tribunal-appeal-claim-refused-

job-admission.html

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Chart Section Index

1. Prediction Chart

2. M01 Schedule

3. Family III

4. G06

5. HM01 Schedule

6. XPA c, e and XPA2 m, r Schedules

7. XPA2 p Schedule

March 2016

The charts within this publication remain the intellectual property of the originator with who the Copyright is retained

Predictions 1/6 27.02.2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

UTC wk Stn FamMar

kHz, ID, ...

Apr

kHz, ID, ...

x 0100/0120/0140 V07 01B18074/15874/14374

883

x 0300/0320/0340 V07 01B14823/13423/11523

845

x x 0315 E11 03 7850

253/00

7850

253/00

x x x x x 0400 S06 01A15721

480

15721

480

x 0430/0450/0510 E07A 01B 6788/ 7488/ 9322

741

x 0430/0450/0510 M12 01B 5792/ 6992

796, search

x 0450 E11 03 6304

416/00

6304

416/00

x x 0455 S11A 03 5358

321/00

5358

321/00

x x x x 0500 HM01 18 5855 5855

x x x 0500 HM01 1811462 11462

x 0500/0520/0540 M12 01Bsearch

x x 0500/0600 1/3 E06 01A17470/

951, search

x 0530/0540 S06S 01A 9296/10365

464

9296/10365

464

x 0530/0550/0610 E07A 01B 6922/ 8122/ 9322

913

x 0530/0550/0610 M12 01B 5792/ 6992

796, search

x x 0545 E11 0315915

348/00

15915

348/00

x x x x 0600 HM01 18 10345 10345

x x x 0600 HM01 18 14375 14375

x x 0600/0610 E11A 03181/00, search 181/00, search

x 0600/0610 S06S 01A15855/16485

438

15855/16485

438

x x 0600/0620/0640 E07 01B 9064/10264/11464

024

x 0600/0620/0640 M12 01B 8158/ 9258/10658

126

x x 0600/0620/0640 XPAc 01B 10359/11559/13559

x x 0600/0700 1/3 E06 01B16230/19325

864

x 0600/0700 M14 01A 6824/6990

382

6824/6990

382

x 0630/0640 S06S 01A22185/20050

524

22185/20050

524

x 0630/0650/0710 M12 01B 7484/ 8084/

402, search

x x 0645 E11 0310800

517/00

10800

517/00

x x x x 0700 HM01 18 9330 9330

x x x 0700 HM01 18 13435 13435

Predictions 2/6 27.02.2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

UTC wk Stn FamMar

kHz, ID, ...

Apr

kHz, ID, ...

x 0700 M01 01B 6510

463

6510

463

x 0700/0710(15) S06S 01A 5760/ 6930

374

5760/ 6930

374

x x 0700/0720/0740 E07 01Bsearch

x 0700/0720/0740 M12 01B 9338/10638/12138

338

x x 0700/0720/0740 XPAc 01B 11409/13509/14609

x x 0710 E11 0310221

633/00

10221

633/00

x x 0710 E11 0314769

491/00

14769

491/00

x x 0715 S11A 0314940

382/00, check

14940

382/00, check

x x 0730 E11 0315825

352/00

15825

352/00

x 0730/0740 S06S 01A

7425/11560

11560/12140

427

7425/11560

11560/12140

427

x 0730/0750/0810 M12 01B 6784/7684/8184

761

x 0745 E11 0310213

262/00

10213

262/00

x x 0745 E11 0314575

335/00

14575

335/00

x 0800 1/3 G06 01A 6810

329

6810

329

x x x x 0800 HM01 18 9065 9065

x x x 0800 HM01 18 10635 10635

x 0800/0810 E17Z 01A14260/12930

674

14260/12930

674

x 0800/0810 S06S 01A11635/10420

352

11635/10420

352

x 0800/0820/0840 E07A 01B12218/13418/14418

244

x x 0800/0820/0840 XPA2p 01B 15956/14956/13956

x 0800/0900 M14 01A 5430/ 5561

171

5430/ 5561

171

x x 0805 E11 0311450

311/00

11450

311/00

x x 0820 E11 03 9960

438/00, check

9960

438/00, check

x 0820/0830 S06S 01A 8630/ 9255

471, check!

8630/ 9255

471, check!

x x 0830 E11 0310690

649/00

10690

649/00

x 0830/0840 S06S 01A 9220/ 8270

371

9220/ 8270

371

x 0830/0840 S06S 01A11854/12140

745

11854/12140

745

x x 0830/0930 S06 01A19415/16268

842

19078/16318

842

x x 0900 E11 03 9399

534/00

9399

534/00

x x x x 0900 HM01 18 9240 9240

Predictions 3/6 27.02.2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

UTC wk Stn FamMar

kHz, ID, ...

Apr

kHz, ID, ...

x x x 0900 HM01 18 11462 11462

x 0900/0910 S06S 01A14580/13165

872

14580/13165

872

x 0900/0910 S06S 01A12952/13565

167

12952/13565

167

x 0900/0910 S06S 01A 5744/ 6524

624

5744/ 6524

624

x 0900/0920/0940 E07A 01B11133/12133/13433

114

x x 0915 S11A 03 7317

484/00

7317

484/00

x x 0930 E11 03 8803

270/00

8803

270/00

x 0930/0940 S06S 01A 9081/10514

314

9081/10514

314

x 0930/0940 S06S 01A

12140/13515

516, search

12140/13515

516, search

x x x x 1000 HM01 18 5855/ 9155 5855/ 9155

x x x 1000 HM01 18 12180 12180

x 1000/1010 S06S 01A 6410/ 7340

893

6410/ 7340

893

x 1000/1010 S06S 01A13365/14505

729

13365/14505

729

x x 1010/1030/1050 M12 01B14769/16269/18169

721

x x 1015 S11A 0316112

475/00

16112

475/00

x x 1020 S11A 03 9960

426/00

9960

426/00

x 1045 E11 03 8102

576/00

8102

576/00

x 1100/1110 S06S 01A 6190/ 7230

754

6190/ 7230

754

x 1100/1120/1140 M12 01B12205/13559/14728

973

12205/13559/14728

973

x 1200 ? G06 01A x5915

574, search

x5915

574, search

x 1200/1210 S06S 01A 9145/11460

831

9145/11460

831

x 1200/1210 S06S 01A12415/14212

425

12415/14212

425

x 1200/1210 S06S 01A10350/ 8520

254

10350/ 8520

254

x 1200/1210/1220 M42C 01C 18206/16159/14551

x x 1205 E11 03 9443

469/00, check

9443

469/00, check

x x 1300 E11 0315632

133/00

15632

133/00

x 1300 ? G06 01A x5458

574, search

x5458

574, search

x 1300 G06 01A 4598

329

4598

329

x 1300/1310/1320 M42C 01C 18437/16305/14719

Predictions 4/6 27.02.2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

UTC wk Stn FamMar

kHz, ID, ...

Apr

kHz, ID, ...

x x 1310/1330/1350 M12 01B12214/10814/ 9214

282

14468/13568/12178

451

x x 1320 M03 03 5463

543/00

5463

543/00

x x 1320 M03 03 9150

437/00

9150

437/00

x x 1345 E11 0313046

911/00

13046

911/00

x x 1400/1420/1440 XPA2r 01B 18667/17419/16212

x 1500 M01 14 6260

463

6260

463

x 1500/1510 S06S 01A 6464/ 7242

537

6464/ 7242

537

x 1500/1520/1540 M12 01B13386/12189/11491

725

13386/12189/11491

725

x x 1500/1520/1540 XPA2m 01B 16138/14438/13438

x x 1500/1520/1540 XPA2p 01B 16147/14947/14447

x 1510/1530/1550 E07A 01B12174/11074/10274

102

x 1530 E11 0310330

262/00

10330

262/00

x x 1540 E11 0315915

228/00

15915

228/00

x x x x x x x 1600 HM01 18 11435 11435

x 1600 (1605) S06 01A 7643 (6809)

491

7643 (6809)

491

x 1610/1630/1650 E07A 01B11473/10173/ 9373

413

x x 1625 E11 0310448

978/00

10448

978/00

x 1700 1/2 G06 01Ax4632

574, search

x4632

574, search

x x x x x x x 1700 HM01 18 11530 11530

x x 1700/1720/1740 E07 01B12123/10703/ 8123

171

x 1700/1720/1740 M12 01B11435/10598/ 9327

938

11435/10598/ 9327

938

x 1700/1720/1740 M12 01B13386/12189/11491

725

13386/12189/11491

725

x 1700/1800 1/3 M14 01A 5945/ 5477

382

5945/ 5477

382

x x 1705 E11 0310213

392/00

10213

392/00

x 1730 E11 03 9371

416/00

9371

416/00

x 1740/1840 3 E06 01A2015: 13433/10166

634, search

x 1800 1/2 G06 01Ax5380

574, search

x5380

574, search

x x x x x x x 1800 HM01 18 11635 11635

x x 1800 M01 14 5475

463

5475

463

x x 1800/1820/1840 E07 01B13419/12139/10739

417

Predictions 5/6 27.02.2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

UTC wk Stn FamMar

kHz, ID, ...

Apr

kHz, ID, ...

x x 1800/1820/1840 M12 01B 8047/ 6802/ 5788

463

8047/ 6802/ 5788

463

x 1800/1820/1840 M12 01B 9176/ 7931/ 6904

257

9176/ 7931/ 6904

257

x 1800/1820/1840 M12 01B10343/ 9264/ 8116

124

10343/ 9264/ 8116

124

x x 1800/1820/1840 XPA2m 01B 14538/13538/12138

x 1810 M01B 14 3535, 4590

420

x 1810/1820/1830 M42C 01C 12184/10292/ 8054 14517/12196/10413

x 1820 2/4 M14 01A 5945

346

5945

346

x 1830 2/4 G06 01A 5934

579

5934

579

x 1832 M01B 14 3510, 4605

201

x 1900/1910/1920 M42C 01C 9186/ 6989/ 5127

x x 1900/1920/1940 E07 01B12108/10708/ 9208

172

x 1900/1920/1940 M12 01B 9176/ 7931/ 6904

257

9176/ 7931/ 6904

257

x 1900/1920/1940 M12 01B 8047/ 6802/ 5788

463

8047/ 6802/ 5788

463

x x 1900/1920/1940 XPA2p 01B

x x 1900/1920/1940 XPA2r 01B 17462/16114/14828

x x 1900/1920/1940 XPAe 01B 9362/ 8062/ 7462 10943/10243/ 9243

x 1900/2000 1/3 S06 01A 9.../ 7...

761, search

x 1900/2000 1/3 S06 01Ax5124/ 4443

614, search

x 1902 M01B 14 3625, 4941

153

x 1910 M01B 14 3625, 4440

153

x 1915 M01B 143644, 4454

771

x 1920 2/4 M14 01A 5464

537

5464

537

x x 1925 E11 0315915

348/00

15915

348/00

x 1930 2/4 G06 01A 5442

947

5442

947

x 1930/1950/2010 M12 01B10343/ 9264/ 8116

124

10343/ 9264/ 8116

124

x 1930/1950/2010 M12 01B11435/10598/ 9327

938

11435/10598/ 9327

938

x x 1955 S11A 03 4016

371/00

4016

371/00

x 2000 E11 03 7377

576/00

7377

576/00

x x 2000 M01 14 5020

463

5020

463

x 2000/2010/2020 M42C 01C 7602/ 5756/ 4469

x x 2000/2020/2040 E07 01B 9273/ 7873/ 6873

288

Predictions 6/6 27.02.2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

UTC wk Stn FamMar

kHz, ID, ...

Apr

kHz, ID, ...

x 2000/2020/2040 E07A 01A 8144/ 6944/ 5744

147, search

x x x x x x x 2000/2020/2040 M12 01B 8047/ 6802/ 5788

463

8047/ 6802/ 5788

463

x 2000/2100 1/3 S06 01A 9.../ 7...

761, search

x 2000/2100 1/3 S06 01Ax5124/ 4443

614, search

x 2002 M01B 14 3625, 4941

153

x x 2005 E11 03 8186

363/00

8186

363/00

x 2010 M01B 14 3520, 4585(4940)

582

x 2010/2030/2050 E07 01B 9387/ 7526/ 5884

358

x 2015 M01B 143644, 4454

771

x 2030 1/3 E06 01A 5186

891

5186

891

x 2042 M01B 14 3715, 4570

477x x x x 2100 HM01 18 11635 11635

x x x 2100 HM01 18 16180 16180

x 2100/2120/2140 E07A 01A 5877/ 5277/ 4577

825

x 2100/2120/2140 M12 01B 6793/ 5893/ 4593

785

x 2110 M01B 14 3520, 4585(4940)

582

x 2110/2130/2150 E07 01B 7516/ 5836/ 4497

584

x x 2110/2130/2150 M12 01B11469/10469/ 9169

441

x 2130 1/3 E06 01A 5197

634

5197

634

x x x x 2200 HM01 18 10715 10715

x x x 2200 HM01 18 17480 17480

x 2200/2220/2240 M12 01B 5763/ 5163/ 4463

714

x x x x 2300 HM01 18 11530 11530

M01 FREQUENCY LIST

Frequencies may vary by a few kHz

JAN FEB NOV DEC M01/1 197

DAY TIME UTC FREQ kHz

TUE / THU 1800 5320

TUE / THU 2000 4490

SAT 1500 5810

SUN 0700 5465

MAR APRIL SEPT OCT M01/2 463

DAY TIME UTC FREQ kHz

TUE / THU 1800 5475

TUE / THU 2000 5020

SAT 1500 6260

SUN 0700 6510

MAY JUNE JULY AUG M01/3 025

DAY TIME UTC FREQ kHz

TUE / THU 1800 5280

TUE / THU 2000 4905

SAT 1500 6435

SUN 0700 6780

Updated: 02/04/2014

Family 3 1/1 27.02.2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

UTC wk Stn FamJan

kHz, ID, ...

Feb

kHz, ID, ...

Mar

kHz, ID, ...

Apr

kHz, ID, ...Remarks

x x 0315 E11 03 5779

253/00

5779

253/00

7850

253/00

7850

253/00since 01/14, last log 02/16

x 0450 E11 03 5082

416/00

5082

416/00

6304

416/00

6304

416/00

since 02/10, last log 02/16

2nd transmission Thu 1730z

x x 0455 S11A 03 4828

321/00

4828

321/00

5358

321/00

5358

321/00since 09/14, last log 02/16

x x 0545 E11 0315915

348/00

15915

348/00since 06/11, last log 09/15

x x 0600/0610 E11A 0313046

181/00

13046

181/00 181/00, search 181/00, searchsince 07/15, last log 02/16

x x 0645 E11 03 7840

517/00

7840

517/00

10800

517/00

10800

517/00since 07/09, last log 02/16

x x 0710 E11 0310800

633/00

10800

633/00

10221

633/00

10221

633/00since 02/11, last log 02/16

x x 0710 E11 0312924

491/00

12924

491/00

14769

491/00

14769

491/00since 07/15, last log 02/16

x x 0715 S11A 0319099

382/00

19099

382/00

14940

382/00, check

14940

382/00, checksince 05/14, last log 02/16

x x 0730 E11 0316112

352/00

16112

352/00

15825

352/00

15825

352/00since 04/15, last log 02/16

x 0745 E11 0310213

262/00

10213

262/00

10213

262/00

10213

262/00

since 03/14, last log 02/16

2nd transmission Thu 1530z

x x 0745 E11 0316112

335/00

16112

335/00

14575

335/00

14575

335/00since 10/11, last log 02/16

x x 0805 E11 0310429

311/00

10429

311/00

11450

311/00

11450

311/00since 07/14, last log 02/16

x x 0820 E11 03 6940

438/00

6940

438/00

9960

438/00, check

9960

438/00, checksince 10/09, last log 01/16

x x 0830 E11 03 9446

649/00

9446

649/00

10690

649/00

10690

649/00since 01/10, last log 02/16

x x 0900 E11 03 9446

534/00

9446

534/00

9399

534/00

9399

534/00since 10/05, last log 02/16

x x 0915 S11A 03 7504

484/00

7504

484/00

7317

484/00

7317

484/00since 01/10, last log 02/16

x x 0930 E11 03 9950

270/00

9950

270/00

8803

270/00

8803

270/00since 02/14, last log 02/16

x x 1015 S11A 0312530

475/00

12530

475/00

16112

475/00

16112

475/00since 04/10, last log 02/16

x x 1020 S11A 03 9610

426/00

9610

426/00

9960

426/00

9960

426/00

since 02/10, last log 02/16

2nd transmission Thu 1730z

x 1045 E11 0312153

576/00

12153

576/00

8102

576/00

8102

576/00

since 01/12, last log 02/16

2nd transmission Fri 2000z

x x 1205 E11 03 7984

469/00

7984

469/00

9443

469/00, check

9443

469/00, checksince 03/10, last log 02/16

x x 1300 E11 0318030

133/00

18030

133/00

15632

133/00

15632

133/00since 08/13, last log 02/16

x x 1320 M03 03 4505

543/00

4505

543/00

5463

543/00

5463

543/00since 08/13, last log 02/16

x x 1320 M03 03 4828

437/00

4828

437/00

9150

437/00

9150

437/00since 02/11, last log 01/16

x x 1345 E11 0314666

911/00

14666

911/00

13046

911/00

13046

911/00since 10/15, last log 02/16

x 1530 E11 03 5409

262/00

5409

262/00

10330

262/00

10330

262/00

since 06/14, last log 02/16

2nd transmission Mon 0745z

x x 1540 E11 0315632

228/00

15632

228/00

15915

228/00

15915

228/00since 03/11, last log 02/16

x x 1625 E11 0310448

978/00 972/00

10448

978/00

10448

978/00

10448

978/00since 02/15, last log 02/16

x x 1705 E11 03 9443

392/00

9443

392/00

10213

392/00

10213

392/00since 02/14, last log 02/16

x 1730 E11 03 5082

416/00

5082

416/00

9371

416/00

9371

416/00

since 03/10, last log 02/16

2nd transmission Mon 0450z

x x 1925 E11 0315915

348/00

15915

348/00since 07/15, last log 10/15

x x 1955 S11A 03 5815

371/00

5815

371/00

4016

371/00

4016

371/00since 02/14, last log 02/16

x 2000 E11 03 6304

576/00

6304

576/00

7377

576/00

7377

576/00

since 03/12, last log 02/16

2nd transmission Tue 1045z

x x 2005 E11 0311107

363/00

11107

363/00

8186

363/00

8186

363/00

since 03/14, last log 02/16

2nd transmission Thu 1530z

G06 1/1 27.02.2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

UTC wk Stn FamJan

kHz, ID, ...

Feb

kHz, ID, ...

Mar

kHz, ID, ...

Apr

kHz, ID, ...Remarks

x 0800 1/3 G06 01A 5320

329

5320

329

6810

329

6810

329

since 07/10, last log 02/16

repeat at Thu 1300Z

x 1200 ? G06 01A 4912

574

4912

574

x5915

574, search

x5915

574, search

since 10/14, last log 02/16

yearly changing frequencies + id

repeat at 1300Z

x 1300 ? G06 01A 4039

574

4039

574

x5458

574, search

x5458

574, search

since 10/14, last log 02/16

yearly changing frequencies + id

repeat from 1200Z

x 1300 G06 01A4460

329

4460

329

4598

329

4598

329

since 09/11, last log 01/16

repeat from Mon 0800Z

x 1700 1/2 G06 01A 3690

574

3690

574

x4632

574, search

x4632

574, search

since 04/10, last log 02/16

yearly changing frequencies + id

repeat at 1800Z

x 1800 1/2 G06 01A 4562

574

4562

574

x5380

574, search

x5380

574, search

since 05/09, last log 02/16

yearly changing frequencies + id

repeat from 1700Z

x 1830 2/4 G06 01A 4519

271

4519

271

5934

579

5934

579

since 05/01, last log 02/16

repeat at Fri 1930Z

x 1930 2/4 G06 01A 4792

436

4792

436

5442

947

5442

947

since 04/01, last log 02/16

repeat from Thu 1830Z

Current HM01 Schedules

05/01/2016

Freq 1 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

5855 0500 0500 0500 0500

11462 0500 0500 0500

10345 0600 0600 0600 0600

14375 0600 0600 0600

9330 0700 0700 0700 0700

13435 0700 0700 0700

9065 0800 0800 0800 0800

11635 0800 0800 0800

9240 0900 0900 0900 0900

11462 0900 0900 0900

5855 1000 1000 1000 1000

9155 1000 1000 1000 1000

12180 1000 1000 1000

11435 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600

11530 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700 1700

11635 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800 1800

11635 2100 2100 2100 2100

16180 2100 2100 2100

10715 2200 2200 2200 2200

17480 2200 2200 2200

Zulu > 0600/0700 Sched c Wednesday/Saturday

USB 10baud

1730/1900 Sched e

Tuesday / Thursday

USB 10baud

XPA2 Sched m Various

Sun/Tue H 00 H+20 H+40

1300,1500,1800,2000,2100

XPA2 Sched r Various Fri/Sat

H 00 H+20 H+40

1400, 1900, 2100

Month

v

Jan 9108 10908 12208 7891 6791 5391 16138 14438 13438 16167 14663 13923

Feb 11409 13509 14609 8123 7523 6823 16338 14538 13538 18667 17419 16212

Mar 11409 13509 14609 9362 8062 7462 16138 14438 13438 18667 17419 16212

Apr 10359 11559 13559 10943 10243 9243 14538 13538 12138 17462 16114 14828

May 10868 12168 13368 10438 9938 9138 14538 13538 12138 17462 16114 14828

June 11409 13509 14609 10438 9938 9138 14738 13438 12138 16167 14663 13923

July 11409 13509 14609 10943 10243 9243 14538 13538 12138 15967 13884 12217

Aug 10868 12168 13368 12187 10787 9387 14738 13438 12138 16167 14663 13923

Sept 10359 11559 13559 11576 10476 9276 14538 13538 12138 16167 14663 13923

Oct 10868 12168 13368 9362 8062 7462 16338 14538 13538 17462 16114 14828

Nov 11409 13509 14609 8123 7523 6823 18238 16238 14438 17462 16114 14828

Dec 7756 9056 10656 8164 7364 5864 14538 13538 12138 15967 13884 12217

XPA[Sched c & e] and XPA2[Sched m, r & t] Russian Intelligence Multitone Systems

[Radiogramma] Transmission Schedules

Notes: Freqs shown in italics indicate unsure freqs, or en bloc transmissions that are believed to have closed. XPA c 0600/0700z schedule appears to be robust with reasonably strong signals into UK

XPA e 1730/1900z schedule E appears robust; sometimes difficult to receive in Great Britain, monitor in Slovenia has good success. XPA2 m Repetitive frequency triplets, appears robust, generally strong into UK XPA2 r Schedule appears robust; generally very strong signals to UK

XPA2 p Six day variable schedule, separate document

U

pdated 03/03/2016

Zulu H+20 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Jan 0800 15978 14978 14378 15978 14978 14378

Feb 0800 15983 14783 13883 15983 14783 13883

Mar 0800 15956 14956 13956 15956 14956 13956

Apr 1500 16147 14947 14447 16147 14947 14447

May 1500 16314 15814 14514 16314 15814 14514

June 1900 15884 14984 14384 15884 14984 14384

July 1900 15884 14984 14384 15884 14984 14384

Aug 1900 16314 15814 14514 16314 15814 14514

Sept 1500 16147 14947 14447 16147 14947 14447

Oct 1500 16147 14947 14447 16147 14947 14447

Nov 0800 16073 14973 14373 16073 14973 14373

Dec 0800 15861 14761 13561 15861 14761 13561

XPA2 p Russian Intelligence Multitone Systems [Radiogramma] Transmission Schedules

XPA2 p

Appears to be a robust schedule Strong into UK 05/09/2015

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